Immature Noctuidae Moth at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth | 2 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth | 7 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Chrysodeixis eriosoma | 7 Jan 2021 | HarveyPerkins |
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User's notes
Several of these green loopers were making quite amess of my mint. One of them is almost certainly what emerged on 7 January (see record 4365763).
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
7 Jan 2021
For mine doesn't match particularly well the photos of caterpillars of C. eriosama on Lepidoptera Butterfly House (although the headparts look similar), but caterpillars can change their appearance as they age. I defer to my colleague donhe for his opnion. PS Caterpillars of several types are assaulting my vegetable garden this year too.
donhe
wrote:
7 Jan 2021
Some Plusiinae species larvae appear to have variable markings such as pale lines and black lateral dots. Possibly these vary with instar. I have found the larvae of several species impossible to distinguish. Until there has been more study, photography, and documentation, each will have to be reared to the adult moth to determine the species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.036767-35.393698
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 27 Nov 2020 04:51 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) HarveyPerkins
Additional information
- mint Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth Scientific name
- Immature Noctuidae Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1645.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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