Immature Noctuidae Moth at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth | 10 Feb 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta | 9 Feb 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth | 9 Feb 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Feb 2023 | JimL |
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User's notes
At a guess - either butterfly or moth. Sorry, short on time to try and work it out.
9 comments
donhe
wrote:
9 Feb 2023
Yes, a number species in Noctuidae have brown striped naked larvae like that. I hope you can rear it in captivity to get an adult moth for identification.
donhe
wrote:
10 Feb 2023
I agree it looks like photos of the larva of M. convecta, but I also think it might be an instar of Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta or Spodoptera exempta or Dasygaster padockina, or any of the other 417 named Australian Noctuidae species for which we have no photos of the larvae.
JimL
wrote:
10 Feb 2023
@donhe - Will do my best with daily observation and have a decent camera ready. Got a lot more free time on the hands as other commitments are done for.
Not overly confident in capturing any outcomes, but happy to deal in hope and at least try.
Not overly confident in capturing any outcomes, but happy to deal in hope and at least try.
donhe
wrote:
10 Feb 2023
They typically emerge in the night. It will have flown away by the time you get there. How can you possibly photograph it unless you have it in captivity?
Location information
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2023 07:37 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth Scientific name
- Immature Noctuidae Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1645.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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