Privet Hawk Moth at McKellar, ACT
Identification history
| Psilogramma casuarinae | 21 Mar 2020 | donhe | ||
| Psilogramma casuarinae | 21 Mar 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Psilogramma (genus) | 21 Mar 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 21 Mar 2020 | ClaireMcG |
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User's notes
Found on the path in my back garden. Unsure of the species and want to know where it belongs.
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
22 Mar 2020
Most likely P.casuarinae I expect. There are known to be brown as well as green forms of this caterpillar (see Lepidoptera Butterfly House).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075199-35.224379
- Places McKellar, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2020 01:20 PM Recorded on
- ClaireMcG Recorded by
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ClaireMcG Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Psilogramma casuarinae Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Psilogramma casuarinae Scientific name
- Privet Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 772.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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