Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides

2 Eastern Alchymist, Sweet Potato Leaf Worm or Sorcerer at Wallaroo, NSW

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Identification history

Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides	25 Apr 2025	ibaird
Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides	25 Apr 2025	WendyEM
Erebinae (subfamily) IMMATURE	21 Mar 2025	ibaird
Erebinae (subfamily) IMMATURE	21 Mar 2025	donhe
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	21 Mar 2025	DiBickers
Unverified	8 Jan 2025	Toni

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2 comments

WendyEM wrote:

25 Apr 2025

I am not sure about the sub species ?
ref.
Caterpillars, Moths and their Plants of southern Australia
by Peter McQuillan, Jan Forrest, David Keane & Roger Grund
Publ. Butterfly Conservation South Australia 2019 p. 163 Fig. 1

ibaird wrote:

25 Apr 2025

I understood that 'acronyctoides' was the Australian subspecies of the cosmopolitatan species A. leucosmalis.
Yes, the carerpillar does match the photo on p.163 of McQhillan et al (2019).

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Location information

Coordinates 148.994019 -35.153661
Altitude 590.3m
Places Wallaroo, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Jan 2025 06:28 PM Recorded on
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Toni NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

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Alive / healthy Animal health
12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides Scientific name
Eastern Alchymist, Sweet Potato Leaf Worm or Sorcerer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 637.4m Recorded at altitude
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