1 A tortrix or leafroller moth at Holder, ACT
Identification history
| Heliocosma (genus - immature) | 11 Mar 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Heliocosma (genus - immature) | 10 Mar 2024 | donhe | ||
| Heliocosma (genus) | 22 Sep 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 22 Sep 2023 | Miranda |
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Added more photos after a couple of weeks - larva has updated its casing with petals.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
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.
Miranda
wrote:
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
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Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heliocosma (genus - immature) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Hoary sunray (planted) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Heliocosma (genus - immature) Scientific name
- A tortrix or leafroller moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1065.73m Recorded at altitude
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