Apina callisto

Pasture Day Moth at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Apina callisto	18 Sep 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Apina callisto	18 Sep 2020	DerekC

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User's notes

These broad-leaf eating caterpillars also dig burrows to complete the chrysalis stage. This one is digging a burrow bringing up little lumps of soil before going back for the next bit. In the final photo it is down the burrow with it head up, closing off the top to seal itself in.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.169175 -35.241005
Altitude 643.0m
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
18 Sep 2020 03:26 PM Recorded on
DerekC Recorded by
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DerekC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender
Burrow Breeding behaviour

Species information

Apina callisto Scientific name
Pasture Day Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 889.5m Recorded at altitude
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