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Moth with orange stripes.

It's called striped tail moth.

The striped tail moth belongs to Lepidoptera, Heteroptera. There are many orange stripes and eye spots on its four wings.

The veins on the wings are striking reddish brown, and the outline is inlaid with dark brown edges. Each wing is decorated with a white heart-shaped pattern. The male moth has a tail-shaped protrusion, and the tail-shaped protrusion of the female moth's hind wing degenerates into a pointed piece. The female moth is larger than the male moth, and the larvae are yellow-green, decorated with white spots and chestnut brown and white stripes. They are covered with slender brown scales and feed on pine, Mongolian Scotch pine and black pine.