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Pests > Pests Entities > Insects > Moths & butterflies > Slug caterpillars, Limacodidae > Acharia sp., Brazil

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Acharia sp.

January 2006. A moth seen in Joinville, southern Brazil, on Cavendish bananas.

It is a moth of the genus Acharia (formerly known as Sibine), Limacocidae. From the size of the protuberances, it may sting.