Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Charleys Forest, NSW

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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	12 Feb 2023	ibaird
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	12 Feb 2023	MichaelBedingfield
Unverified	10 Feb 2023	arjay

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2 comments

donhe wrote:

12 Feb 2023

Any chance of rearing it to get an adult for identification?

arjay wrote:

13 Feb 2023

Not for this particular specimen. I don't know what its food plant is. It appeared on some netting I was sorting so could have come from any of several nearby plants. Options would be Banksia serrata, Bursaria spinosa, E pavifolia, another eucalypt whose name escapes me, a ti tree (no idea which species), or even an evergreen oak.
I can go looking ... may not find any. And today is going to be busy with plants which I know a whole heap more about.

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Location information

Maps Mongarlowe River
Places Charleys Forest, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
arjay Recorded by
Collections
arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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New South Wales

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South Australia

Victoria

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