Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
This moth sub-category for the superfamily Noctuoidea contains the large families Noctuidae and Erebidae as well the smaller Euteliidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae and Oenosandridae. The Arctiinae also belong to this superfamily, but are distinctive and well known so are given their own moth sub-category
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ibaird
wrote:
1 Feb 2026
Yes the larvae are apparently different siggesting I rotundata.
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/rotundata.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/rotundata.html
Iropoca rotundata
AlisonMilton
wrote:
31 Jan 2026
@DianneClarke @WendyEM The larvae looks different to the one I found
Iropoca rotundata
DianneClarke
wrote:
31 Jan 2026
These are photos of cocoon and larvae of a Calliteara pura that I raised in Qld
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145959944
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103596252
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110360051
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145959944
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103596252
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110360051
Iropoca rotundata
AlisonMilton
wrote:
30 Jan 2026
@WendyEM Thanks Wendy. Just what I was thinking. I'll take her back tonight and let nature take it's course. It's only five minutes down the road from my place.
Iropoca rotundata
WendyEM
wrote:
29 Jan 2026
Presumably she releases pheromones so males can find her. Foodplant is Eucalyptus sp. So if you can put her out after dark, with her coccoon on which she lays her eggs, on a Gum tree she may well get to breed.
Iropoca rotundata
Significant sightings
- Agrotis infusa at Ainslie, ACT
- Proteuxoa sp. (03) (MoV, Part 9) at Harrison, ACT
- Hymeninae sp, (2) (MoV) at Bulli, NSW
- Nola tornotis at Bulli, NSW
- Earias smaragdina at Rosedale, NSW
- Pherechoa crypsichlora at Melba, ACT
- Spodoptera mauritia at Bargo, NSW
- Hypeninae sp. (3) (MoV Part8) (Erebidae (Hypeninae))
- Paromphale caeca (Acronictinae) at Jerrabomberra, NSW
- Proteuxoa sp. (17) (MoV, Part 9) at Tathra, NSW
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