Opodiphthera helena
Helena Gum Moth at Krawarree, NSW
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| Opodiphthera helena | ibaird | 30 Mar 2025 | |
| Opodiphthera helena | donhe | 30 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | stellabellaxx | 31 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
This was a type of interesting cocoon under a wall slat on the outside of the farmhouse. Approx 3cm x 2cm in size.
3 comments
30 Mar 2025
I think it is about the size of male O. helena, and the cocoons of that species are more often solo whereas other Saturniidae have communal cocoons.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.633086-35.823783
- Altitude 735.1m
- Places Krawarree, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2025 03:24 PM Recorded on
- stellabellaxx Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae or nymphs Breeding behaviour
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- stellabellaxx NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Opodiphthera helena Emperor moths (Saturniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Opodiphthera helena Scientific name
- Helena Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1670m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Austrocaligula helena
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