caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Sheldon, QLD
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 8 Nov 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 8 Nov 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 8 Nov 2024 | PJH123 |
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Noctuidae?? on Lomandra longifolia
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
8 Nov 2024
Smooth, striped, brown, and 4 cms makes it probably Noctuoidea or Geometroidea.
A lateral view would have been helpful, as the different families / subfamilies of these have either 2, 3, 4 or 5 pairs of prolegs.
Did you try and rear it to get a moth for an ID ?
It is interesting that it fed on Lomandra, as it is clearly none of those listed at the foot of
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/aspa/asparagaceae.html
A lateral view would have been helpful, as the different families / subfamilies of these have either 2, 3, 4 or 5 pairs of prolegs.
Did you try and rear it to get a moth for an ID ?
It is interesting that it fed on Lomandra, as it is clearly none of those listed at the foot of
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/aspa/asparagaceae.html
Location information
- Places Sheldon, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- PJH123 Recorded by
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Collections
Sheldon PJH123 NatureMapr Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Lomandra longifolia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
- caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Lepidoptera sp.
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