Apina callisto
Pasture Day Moth at Amaroo, ACT
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| Apina callisto | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Sep 2018 | |
| Apina callisto | b | 25 Sep 2018 |
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Pasture day moth caterpillar chowin’ down on some greens. When looking this one up I was reading it as ‘pasture day’ ‘moth’ and had no idea what pasture day was. It turns out it’s ‘pasture’ ‘day moth’ as the rest of the moths in this family are nocturnal.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.155533-35.174817
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Sep 2018 11:29 AM Recorded on
- b Recorded by
- Small shoots of grass / whatever it is that grows on the dried out bottom of the wetlands. The photo is of the caterpillar eating. Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- b Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Apina callisto Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Apina callisto Scientific name
- Pasture Day Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 889.5m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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