Chaeopsestis ludovicae

Chaeopsestis ludovicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Chaeopsestis
Species:	C. ludovicae
Binomial name
Chaeopsestis ludovicae Le Cerf, 1941

Chaeopsestis ludovicae is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in Vietnam and Thailand.

Adults are on wing from October to November. Adults drink the tears of several animals, including humans. The moth attaches itself to the eyelid. It has also been recorded drinking sweat and fluids from the nose.

Source

• Hans Bänziger (1992) "Remarkable new cases of moths drinking human tears in Thailand (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae) Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. vol. 40, pp. 92–102.

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