Small lappet moth (Phyllodesma ilicifolia)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lasiocampidae
Genus	Phyllodesma (1)

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).

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• Pupa: stage in an insect's development when huge changes occur, which reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.
• Single-brooded: (also known as 'univoltine'). Insect life cycle that takes 12 months to be complete, and involves a single generation. The egg, larva, pupa or adult over winters as a dormant stage.

1. IUCN Red List (September, 2010)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org