​Acosmeryx miskini 
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.

Distribution:  FNQ Cape York (Cape Tribulation) to Wollongong, NSW

Sighted at Claire Cottage: between December & March.

Acosmeryx miskini, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau NSW, 8 Jan 2020

Acosmeryx miskini, Showing hindwing, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau NSW, 8 Jan 2020

Acosmeryx miskini Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau, NSW Feb 2004

Acosmeryx miskini came to light, Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau, 4 Mar 2020

Acosmeryx miskini came to light, Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau, 4 Mar 2020

Acosmeryx miskini
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.

Distribution:  FNQ Cape York (Cape Tribulation) to Wollongong, NSW
 
Moth Sightings:  

• DORRIGO PLATEAU:  Dec 2018;  Jan 2018, 2020;  Feb 2004; Mar 2020;

• ELSEWHERE:  None to date

Larva Sightings: 

• DORRIGO PLATEAU:  None to date
• ELSEWHERE:  None to date

Larval food plants:

• DORRIGO PLATEAU:  VITACEAE - Cayratia clematidea, Cissus antarctica, Cissus oblonga, Vitis sp.

• 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:  Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: 60mm
Adult Moth:  Size forewing tip to forewing tip: 55mm

Mature larva:  length - ??mm.    
Colour form: Final (5th) instar:  Green.
Eye Spots: None
Other distinguishing features:
Caudal Horn: Colour is Brown with a strong backward-curving shape in 5th instar. In 1st instar through to 4th instar it is long and forward curving.