Orgyia anartoides
Painted Apple Moth at Weston, ACT
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| Orgyia anartoides | DianneClarke | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| Orgyia anartoides | WendyEM | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | donhe | 4 Feb 2021 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | MichaelBedingfield | 4 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | redsnow | 21 Jan 2021 |
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Tussock moth caterpillar
1 comment
4 Feb 2021
Can you take this into protective custody and rear it to the adult moth to identify the species?
Location information
- Places Weston, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- redsnow Recorded by
- Crepe myrtle Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- redsnow Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orgyia anartoides Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Orgyia anartoides Scientific name
- Painted Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 898m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Teia anartoides
Record quality
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location