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Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)
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Like many diurnal moths that are not particularly tiny (this one is about 3/4 inch long), the Yellow-collared Scape Moth has black and orange warning colors, which can resemble a wasp or a distasteful beetle and therefore ward off predators.

class: Insecta / order: Lepidoptera / family: Arctiidae / genus: Cisseps / species: fulvicollis

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