Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Geometer moths (Geometridae)
Sighting 3869654

Capusa cuculloides

White-winged Wedge-moth at Acton, ACT

Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Capusa cuculloides at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Request use of media

Identification history

Capusa cuculloides 11 Jan 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Capusa cuculloides 31 Oct 2018 ibaird
Unidentified 29 Oct 2018 TimL

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

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

ibaird wrote:
   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

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Species information

1,906,878 sightings of 21,358 species from 13,166 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.