Unplaced externaria at Melba, ACT

Mahogany Bark Moth at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

Unplaced externaria	22 Mar 2021	donhe
Unplaced externaria	22 Mar 2021	kasiaaus
Geometridae (family) IMMATURES	14 Feb 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	12 Feb 2021	kasiaaus

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Approximately 5cm

7 comments

kasiaaus wrote:

22 Mar 2021

Hatched - see sighting 4376746. Looks like an Unplaced externaria.

donhe wrote:

22 Mar 2021

Excellent. Can you add the adult photo to this sighting? Do you have a photo of the pupa/cocoon? Can you find out the species of the She-oak it was on?
I copied a couple of your wonderful photos into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/externaria.html
I hope you approve, Don

kasiaaus wrote:

22 Mar 2021

Thanks Don. I will add an adult photo to this sighting. No, I do not have the cocoon. It was burried in the sand and I did not want to disturb and/or damage it. Should I dig them up to look?

kasiaaus wrote:

22 Mar 2021

I can show someone the tree but I have no idea how to identify the species of the Casuarina tree.

donhe wrote:

22 Mar 2021

Any chance of digging the exuvia of this specimen?
Can you photograph the flowers and/or fruit, bark, foliage of that She Oak, and put it on CNM for identification?

kasiaaus wrote:

22 Mar 2021

I'll try :-)

kasiaaus wrote:

30 Mar 2021

The She Oak is Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana and I've added a photo of the exuvia to sighting 4376746 (the actual moth).

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