Pyraloidea immature unidentified

Pyraloidea caterpillar / pupa at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

Pyraloidea immature unidentified	28 Apr 2022	ibaird
Pyraloidea immature unidentified	27 Apr 2022	donhe
Unverified	27 Apr 2022	AlisonMilton

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Didn't see the catepiullar but found apartially formed cocoon on the back of a harvested spinach leave. I looked for the catepillars a couple of days later and found a second cocoon, but no catepillar. Larger than a Cabbage White Butterfly and the wrong shaped cocoon. Will be interesting to see what emerges.

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donhe wrote:

27 Apr 2022

It could be one of the species listed at the foot of
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/chen/chenopodiaceae.html

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029720 -35.237688
Altitude 765.6m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
26 Apr 2022 09:39 AM Recorded on
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My flagged sightings Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Spinach Associated animal
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour

Species information

Pyraloidea immature unidentified Scientific name
Pyraloidea caterpillar / pupa Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 765.6m Recorded at altitude
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