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Oreixenica lathoniella
Silver Xenica at Namadgi National Park
Identification history
| Oreixenica lathoniella | 13 Mar 2019 | SuziBond | ||
| Oreixenica lathoniella | 12 Mar 2019 | SWishart |
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Author's notes
From first to third photo is around 50 secs in which time the butterfly moved from the grass to the shrub - when I looked at the photos on my laptop, it looks like she was going to lay an egg and might have laid it on the Leafy Bossiaea (there is a blurred green spot on a twig). While she was the only one on the bush overall this was the most common butterfly on Mt Aggie.
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SuziBond wrote:
14 Mar 2019
This species uses Poa grass as their larval food plant, nice record. Mt Aggie is a good spot for Silver Xenica!
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.768447-35.472103
- Altitude 1450.1m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2019 01:39 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
Additional information
- Poa grass initially and then Leafy Bossiaea (Bossiaea foliosa) if that is the really common bush on Mt Aggie Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
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