Heliocosma (genus - immature)
1 A tortrix or leafroller moth at Holder, ACT
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| Heliocosma (genus - immature) | ibaird | 11 Mar 2024 | |
| Heliocosma (genus - immature) | donhe | 10 Mar 2024 | |
| Heliocosma (genus) | ibaird | 22 Sep 2023 | |
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | Miranda | 22 Sep 2023 |
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Added more photos after a couple of weeks - larva has updated its casing with petals.
3 comments
23 Sep 2023
No it's a caterpillar. It would be really good if you could keep it in protective custody (caterpillars in the wild suffer a 99% predation rate) to get an adult moth so we can determine the species.
23 Sep 2023
Hi Don, I'm happy to try that. Will it be eating the sunray leaves or does it actually eat the flower/pollen do you know?
I don't have much hoary sunray but I do have a lot of chamomile leaf sunray so could see if it's happy with that.
I don't have much hoary sunray but I do have a lot of chamomile leaf sunray so could see if it's happy with that.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.043239-35.335328
- Altitude 598.8m
- Places Holder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2023 02:28 PM Recorded on
- Miranda Recorded by
- Hoary sunray (planted) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Collections
- Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heliocosma (genus - immature) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Heliocosma (genus - immature) Scientific name
- A tortrix or leafroller moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1583.5m Recorded at altitude
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