Capusa cuculloides
White-winged Wedge-moth at Acton, ACT
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| Capusa cuculloides | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Jan 2019 | |
| Capusa cuculloides | ibaird | 31 Oct 2018 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 29 Oct 2018 |
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User's notes
Three of these caterpillars were seen, blending in with the sprigs of wattle they were on. When disturbed, they dropped their heads down into the wattle to reveal eye spot markings and a stripe on the rear of the head structure.
1 comment
31 Oct 2018
Possibly this wedge moth species which has been similarly photographed on wattle in the ACT, see https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ae16d838-c09f-4fdb-8bfa-242b69963494#gallery
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105311-35.275758
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2018 01:25 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Capusa cuculloides Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Capusa cuculloides Scientific name
- White-winged Wedge-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 757.61m Recorded at altitude
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