Spodoptera litura
Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm at Franklin, ACT
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| Spodoptera litura | ibaird | 30 Mar 2024 | |
| Spodoptera litura | donhe | 19 Mar 2024 | |
| Unverified | chriselidie | 19 Mar 2024 |
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Found inside house, has disappeared underground to pupate
3 comments
19 Mar 2024
Thanks for the suggestion. This looks a lot like S. litura, but it has none of the yellow stripes and only few of the markings on its body... Maybe a very bleak individual? Will see if the adult form emerges at some point.
19 Mar 2024
Last instar of S.litura loses the stripes, and has 4 pale spots on the thorax and 2 dark spots on the tail.
Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Found on carpet, eats eucalyptus and acacia leaves Associated plant
- None Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) chriselidie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Spodoptera litura
Species information
- Spodoptera litura Scientific name
- Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 668.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Prodenia tasmanica
Record quality
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