Orgyia anartoides
Painted Apple Moth at Charleys Forest, NSW
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| Orgyia anartoides | ibaird | 13 Jan 2023 | |
| Orgyia anartoides | donhe | 13 Jan 2023 | |
| Unverified | arjay | 8 Jan 2023 |
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These delightful caterpillars are skeletonising the apple leaves quite successfully.
2 comments
13 Jan 2023
Any identification is tentative with no view of the head or the legs. Assuming the caterpillar is facing away from the camera, I think I see two dorsal orange glands on the final two abdominal segments suggesting Lymantriinae. Also darker hairs behind the thorax and the foodplant suggests the Painted Apple Moth. I hope you can rear it in captivity, and take photos showing more diagnostic details , and better still: the adult moth.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orgyia anartoides Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Orgyia anartoides Scientific name
- Painted Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 898m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Teia anartoides
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