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Fig tree moth
Naroma varipes
The Fig tree moth (Naroma varipes) is a species of moth in the family Lymantriidae, that is native to tropical and southern Africa. Its larval food plants include the fig species F. thonningii, F. sur and F. natalensis. They have white hind-wings and creamy white fore-wings, that are marked with a row of dark dots.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 366234.