Chlenias banksiaria group

A Geometer moth at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

Chlenias banksiaria group	8 Dec 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Chlenias banksiaria group	5 Dec 2021	ibaird
Chlenias (genus)	5 Dec 2021	Mike

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Captured. What does it feed on?

4 comments

Mike wrote:

5 Dec 2021

It looks like Chlenias auctaria (guessing) which has no local records. I have it in a jar with Acacia mearnsii and Pinus radiata.

AlisonMilton wrote:

5 Dec 2021

Actually, it looks a lot like Chlenias banksiaria group Chlenias banksiaria group
I've found it feeding on Eucalyptus.

donhe wrote:

5 Dec 2021

The caterpillars of Chlenias species have been recorded feeding on a wide variety of plants, see for example
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/auctaria.html

Mike wrote:

5 Dec 2021

I found it on my sleeve so I am not sure where I picked it up; eucalyptus if I brushed against a plant or pine if it dropped on me. I read that Chlenias species had adapted to exotic pine but were smaller as a result.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.118609 -35.374861
Places Isaacs, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Dec 2021 05:38 PM Recorded on
Mike Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Chlenias banksiaria group Scientific name
A Geometer moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1136.3m Recorded at altitude
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