Apina callisto

Pasture Day Moth at Amaroo, ACT

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Identification history

	Apina callisto	25 Sep 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Apina callisto	25 Sep 2018	b

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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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Sighting information

1 Abundance
15 Sep 2018 11:29 AM Recorded on
b Recorded by
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b Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

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

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
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania