Autumn Gum Moth at Amaroo, ACT
Identification history
| Mnesampela privata | 16 Mar 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Mnesampela privata | 16 Mar 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Mar 2022 | chriselidie |
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User's notes
This caterpillar was found in a folded cocoon-like leaf covering shown in the photos. Not sure if this is a moth or butterfly. I will try to raise him in a jar. For the photos I coaxed him out from his dwelling, and he soon spun a new one.
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Location information
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) chriselidie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Forest red gum Associated plant
- None. Associated Insect
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Mnesampela privata Scientific name
- Autumn Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1301.8m Recorded at altitude
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