Psilogramma casuarinae

Privet Hawk Moth at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

	Psilogramma casuarinae	1 Apr 2025	donhe
	Psilogramma casuarinae	1 Apr 2025	Mike

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3 comments

donhe wrote:

1 Apr 2025

I note that Fraxinus angustifolia is in Oleaceae, as is Privet.

Mike wrote:

1 Apr 2025

Where do they pupate - in the ground or under leaf litter? Going by the state of the leaves there must have been more, though there was no sign three weeks ago.

donhe wrote:

2 Apr 2025

Yes they walk up to 20 metres from their foodplant, then burrow under the soil up to 15 centimetres down. Bear in mind also that about 99% perish before reaching adulthood, due to viral, bacterial, fungal disease, or infection by wasp and fly parasitoids, or predation by birds, spiders, ants, mantids, shield bugs, assassin bugs etc.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.121200 -35.381140
Altitude 749.1m
Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
Places Isaacs, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
1 Apr 2025 05:18 PM Recorded on
Mike Recorded by
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Mike NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

Desert ash Fraxinus angustifolia Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Psilogramma casuarinae Scientific name
Privet Hawk Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 772.6m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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South Australia

Victoria

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