Orgyia anartoides
1 Painted Apple Moth at Charleys Forest, NSW
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| Orgyia anartoides | donhe | 14 Jan 2023 | |
| Orgyia anartoides | ibaird | 14 Jan 2023 | |
| Unverified | arjay | 14 Jan 2023 |
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Just added some better photos of the earlier instar.
3 comments
14 Jan 2023
Sorry this one isn't the case moth. This is possibly the caterpillar that skeletonises apple tree leaves. It looks different to photos taken the other day so may not be the same. Or may just have progressed. It is certainly slightly larger.
Hopefully there is enough detail to identify it.
Hopefully there is enough detail to identify it.
15 Jan 2023
That's what I figured. Interesting though that the earlier instar was a skeletonising caterpillar. The current one is just chomping on the whole leaf. And will its next incarnation eat the apples?
And yes I find behaviour and physiology more interesting than taxonomy. But you need to know what you are looking at as well as what it is doing.
And yes I find behaviour and physiology more interesting than taxonomy. But you need to know what you are looking at as well as what it is doing.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
- Apple tree Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- 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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