Pernattia pusilla
She-Oak Moth at Greenway, ACT
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| Pernattia pusilla | donhe | 17 Jan 2021 | |
| Pernattia pusilla | Bron | 16 Jan 2021 | |
| Lasiocampidae (family) | ibaird | 23 Apr 2019 | |
| Lasiocampidae (family) | donhe | 23 Apr 2019 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 22 Apr 2019 |
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3 comments
24 Apr 2019
Can you take it into protective custody and rear it to get a moth that we could identify?
16 Jan 2021
I recognise this one Matthew Ian and Don, it's Pernattia pusilla. I've photographed it many times.
17 Jan 2021
It could be a related species of which we have no caterpillar photos, eg Pernattia chlorophragma ?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066981-35.433129
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2019 11:28 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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Species information
- Pernattia pusilla Scientific name
- She-Oak Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 758.57m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pernattia exposita
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