Two of the caterpillars were found on a Melastoma malabathricum (Straits Rhododendron) in a park in November 2022. Based on a 2012 publication [1], there are at least 3 species in the genus Homodes.

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[1] Leong TM, Rozario VD. Mimicry of the weaver ant, Oecophylla Smaragdina, by the moth caterpillar, Homodes Bracteigutta, the Crab Spider, Amyciaea Lineatipes and the jumping spider, Myrmarachne Plataleoides. Nature in Singapore 2012;5:39-56. | Read article |