4 A tortrix or leafroller moth at Duffy, ACT
Identification history
| Heliocosma argyroleuca | 14 Jan 2023 | GlennCocking | ||
| Heliocosma argyroleuca | 29 Dec 2022 | donhe | ||
| Heliocosma (genus) | 29 Dec 2022 | RobG1 |
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I found this caterpillar on a yellow flower on the 9th Dec out in the bush. I bought it home and put the flower in a vase with some other flowers. After a couple of days I had lost track of where the cocoon was. I rediscovered it on the 25th December hanging from a thread on the side board that had the vase. When I came home last night (28th December), I noticed this moth sitting on the cocoon, that it had just emerged from.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
29 Dec 2022
Can you please add this photo to the sighting containing the photo of the caterpillar?
RobG1
wrote:
29 Dec 2022
Sorry, I didn't actually get a photo of it on the flower. It didn't really emerge enough out of its cocoon to get a decent shot.
donhe
wrote:
29 Dec 2022
Photos of its case and cocoon would be useful. Photos of the larva of case moths require great patience and are not often obtained
Location information
- Places Duffy, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- RobG1 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) RobG1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Heliocosma argyroleuca Scientific name
- A tortrix or leafroller moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 845.11m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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