[Taxacom] Chinese Insect not identified by authorities consulted so far

[Shen-Horn Yen]

hi

I am a lepidopterist and have been working on the systematics and phylogenetics of Zygaenoidea for years. This is a larva of Limacodidae.

Shen-Horn Yen 
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Kaohsiung, TAIWAN 

> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:28:05 -0700
> From: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz
> To: dyanega at ucr.edu; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Chinese Insect not identified by authorities	consulted so	far
> 
> Well I'm going to disagree with both of you and go for syrphid larva, based mainly on the "tail", which seems to have the same structure to it as this one: http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Eristalis.tenax_.larva_.full_.dorsal.with_.fingertip.jpg
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu 
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2014 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Chinese Insect not identified by authorities consulted so far
> 
> 
> On 3/31/14 3:43 PM, Robin Leech wrote:
> > Fred,
> > I think the tailed, multi-colored larva is that of a hesperiid butterfly.
> > Robin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Schueler
> > Sent: March-31-14 4:28 PM
> > To: TAXACOM
> > Cc: Eleanor Proctor
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Chinese Insect not identified by authorities consulted so
> > far
> >
> > Taxacomers,
> >
> > I wonder if someone familiar with carapaced Insects would be interested in
> > looking at this "staggeringly odd" photo -
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/13506310683/in/photostream
> >
> I would disagree. There is little else this could be other than a 
> limacodid moth larva, and it is not terribly unlike our own native 
> Prolimacodes larvae (e.g. http://bugguide.net/node/view/393936/bgpage).
> 
> Peace,
> 
> -- 
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