Doratifera quadriguttata
1 Four-spotted Cup Moth at Anembo, NSW
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| Doratifera quadriguttata | 3 Apr 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Doratifera quadriguttata | 3 Apr 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Doratifera (genus) | 22 Jan 2025 | DianneClarke | ||
| Doratifera (genus) | 22 Jan 2025 | Csteele4 |
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Quite happily munching some of our seedling eucalypts.
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donhe
wrote:
22 Jan 2025
Possibly D. corallina : I do not know that larva, but none of the ones that I do know have orange stinging spikes like this.
Please could you rear a couple in captivity to get an adult for a proper ID ?
Please could you rear a couple in captivity to get an adult for a proper ID ?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.430952-35.754197
- Altitude 429.5m
- Places Anembo, NSW
Sighting information
- 12 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2025 02:25 PM Recorded on
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Eucalyptus pauciflora Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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Species information
- Doratifera quadriguttata Scientific name
- Four-spotted Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1035.31m Recorded at altitude
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