Dasypodia selenophora
Southern Old Lady Moth at Acton, ACT
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| Dasypodia selenophora | ibaird | 21 Apr 2025 | |
| Dasypodia selenophora | WendyEM | 21 Apr 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | GlennCocking | 15 Dec 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 28 Dec 2018 |
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The caterpillar had its head end in a hole in the tree bark and was waiving its spotted rear end in the air, presumably as a threat display.
1 comment
29 Dec 2018
The orange tail spots and black thoracic barsare good characters but I have not met a caterpillar with those features. The black bars are reminiscent of Lasicampidae, but all the caterpillars that I know in that family have a hairy skirt along the legs. The pattern is quite like those of some caterpillars in Amphipyrinae which are less hairy, but I do not many caterpillars in that subfamily.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108288-35.275367
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2018 01:42 PM Recorded on
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- Eucalyptus salinga, Sydney blue gum. fam. myrtaceae. Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Dasypodia selenophora Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dasypodia selenophora Scientific name
- Southern Old Lady Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1219m Recorded at altitude
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