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Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth

Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth	14 Dec 2019	GlennCocking
Noctuidae (family)	26 Aug 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	24 Oct 2018	Christine

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About 2 inches (4-5cm) in length.

1 comment

donhe wrote:

27 Aug 2019

Most Noctuoidea pupate under the soil or in loose cocoons between leaves.
This is more like a Bombycoidae cocoon.
But are you sure it is not a spider egg sac?

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Location information

Species information

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE moth Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 Abundance
23 Oct 2018 02:54 PM Recorded on
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