Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides

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

Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides at Wallaroo, NSW - 8 Jan 2025 06:28 PM

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

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WendyEM

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

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

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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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