Homoeosoma vagella
Macadamia Flower Caterpillar at Melba, ACT
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| Homoeosoma vagella | WendyEM | 15 Apr 2025 | |
| Homoeosoma vagella | donhe | 21 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 20 Dec 2024 |
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4 comments
21 Dec 2024
That dark stripe doesn't look right. I found similar ones early Sept. The closest I could find was Eucampyla etheiella https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICR1713-11 but the location didn't fit.
21 Dec 2024
I expect the dark stripe is variable. Meanwhile E. ethiella is shown on BOLD as present on extreme east and west coast of Oz, so it appears to occur Australia wide ! But the BOLD specimens show no yellow coloring. Not impressed.
15 Apr 2025
I too have wondered if it is Homoeosoma vagella or not. I think it must be. Several specimens on BOLD have very similar dark mark with brown mark above
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=362793
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=NSWLP935-13
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=362793
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=NSWLP935-13
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050301-35.208562
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2024 10:23 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Homoeosoma vagella Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Homoeosoma vagella Scientific name
- Macadamia Flower Caterpillar Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 806.3m Recorded at altitude
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