White-winged Wedge-moth at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Capusa cuculloides | 11 Jan 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Capusa cuculloides | 31 Oct 2018 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Oct 2018 | TimL |
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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. There is a similar image on Flickr calling this the 'Leopard caterpillar'.. See also http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/cuculloides.html
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105327-35.275719
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2018 08:52 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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