Cosmodes elegans
Green Blotched Moth at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Cosmodes elegans | ibaird | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| Cosmodes elegans | WendyEM | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | DianneClarke | 31 Oct 2024 |
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One plant stripped - the other checked and caterpillars removed. Unless these are someting unusual they are headed for the bin as there isn't enough plant left to feed them
2 comments
31 Oct 2024
I have found & raised them on Wahlenbergia sp. Your plant I see is also called Isotoma sp which is another food plant for this sp
31 Oct 2024
Thanaks Wendy. I rarely see the moth here so a surprise. Also unfortunate that I don't have any of the food plants listed in LBH and they have ruined the 2 isotoma which they have ruined. Not much wahlembergia nearby so I might have to take them for a drive tomorrow and find a roadside patch to rehome them to..
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- DianneClarke Recorded by
- Laurentia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- DianneClarke Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cosmodes elegans Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Cosmodes elegans Scientific name
- Green Blotched Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 912.4m Recorded at altitude
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