Pests > Pests Entities > Insects > Moths & butterflies > Slug caterpillars, Limacodidae > Phobetron, Trinidad

From Trinidad and Tobago. An immature Lepidopteran was found feeding on mammy apple leaves (Mammea Americana, (Clusiaceae).

It was identified as the larvae of a species of Limacodidae, in the genus Phobetron. Be careful, it has stinging hairs!