Acosmeryx anceus anceus
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ: Near tip of Cape York Peninsula south to just north of Townsville.
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ: Near tip of Cape York Peninsula south to just north of Townsville.
Acosmeryx anceus anceus, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2018
Acosmeryx anceus anceus, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2018
Acosmeryx anceus anceus underside, Whyanbeel FNQ, 29 May 2019
Acosmeryx anceus anceus underside, Whyanbeel FNQ, 10.6.2019
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Acosmeryx anceus anceus showing the body, Whyanbeel FNQ 10.6.2019
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Whyanbeel FNQ, 21 May 2018 Showing the size difference between Acosmeryx anceus anceus & Psilogramma menephron nebulosa
Acosmeryx anceus anceus, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2018 (grey form)
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Acosmeryx anceus anceus, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2018 (usual brown form)
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Two Acosmeryx anceus anceus Whyanbeel FNQ, 30.5.2019
Acosmeryx anceus anceus, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2018
Acosmeryx anceus anceus showing purplish tinge Whyanbeel FNQ, 30.5.2019
Acosmeryx anceus anceus (grey form) Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2017
Acosmeryx anceus anceus (grey form) Whyanbeel, FNQ, May 2014
Acosmeryx anceus anceus
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ: Near tip of Cape York Peninsula south to just north of Townsville.
Moth Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be September to April
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Colour ranges from brown to grey;
Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of either forewing: 49mm; tip of forewing horizontally to tip of other forewing: ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm.
Colour form: Final instar: Green.
Eye Spots: None
Other distinguishing features: Pale diagonal stripes along both sides with a pale body length line above them.
Caudal Horn: Forward curving in young larva but shorter backward-curving in final instar.
Pupa: Formed under leaf litter below food plant.
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ: Near tip of Cape York Peninsula south to just north of Townsville.
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Dec 2019(3) (21.00hrs & 22.00hrs x2). Feb 2004, Feb 2005
- ELSEWHERE: Forestville, Sydney, NSW early 1980's; Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2014, 2017, 2018; Wonga Beach, FNQ, May 2014; ;
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: VITACEAE - Cissus antarctica, Cissus oblonga, Cayratia clematidea, Vitis vinifera*
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Dorrigo Plateau)
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be September to April
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Colour ranges from brown to grey;
Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of either forewing: 49mm; tip of forewing horizontally to tip of other forewing: ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm.
Colour form: Final instar: Green.
Eye Spots: None
Other distinguishing features: Pale diagonal stripes along both sides with a pale body length line above them.
Caudal Horn: Forward curving in young larva but shorter backward-curving in final instar.
Pupa: Formed under leaf litter below food plant.