Cizara ardeniae (Coprosma Hawk Moth)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York, FNQ to Sydney, NSW
Sighted at Claire Cottage: September through to February.
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York, FNQ to Sydney, NSW
Sighted at Claire Cottage: September through to February.
Cizara ardeniae (Coprosma Hawk Moth)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York, FNQ to Sydney, NSW
Moth Sightings:
Egg Sightings:
* DORRIGO PLATEAU: Oct 24th 2020 on Gynochthodes jasminoides @ Claire Cottage
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: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: 38mm. Tip of forewing to tip of other forewing: 40mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour forms in the final instar are a Green form, a Brown form & a Black form
Caudal Horn
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York, FNQ to Sydney, NSW
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU:
- Sept 2004,
- Oct 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020 {5};
- Nov 2017, 2020(2), 2021;
- Dec 2012, 2019, 2020, 2023
- Jan 2020, 2023,
- Feb 2019
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Egg Sightings:
* DORRIGO PLATEAU: Oct 24th 2020 on Gynochthodes jasminoides @ Claire Cottage
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: 2004, Dec 2016, 2017, Jan 2018
- ELSEWHERE: Forestville, Sydney during 1970's & 1980's.
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Rubiaceae: Gynochthodes jasminoides (syn-Morinda jasminoides), Coprosma repens*
- ELSEWHERE: as for Dorrigo plus Rubiaceae: Coelospermum paniculatum var. syncarpum (= Morinda salmonensis), Coprosma quadrifida, Coprosma lucida*, Coprosma repens (variegated form)*
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: 38mm. Tip of forewing to tip of other forewing: 40mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour forms in the final instar are a Green form, a Brown form & a Black form
Caudal Horn
Interesting observations
* 24/10/20; 4 adults located @ 01.00pm resting high in our shade house which has an open door.
* 24/10/20 & 25/10/20; 4 adults caged on both nights with cuttings of Morinda jasminoides in an attempt to obtain eggs, no eggs deposited. The 4 moths were released after dark on 26/10/20.
* Conclusion: either this species is reluctant to deposit eggs in captivity or these 4 moths had not mated prior to capture.
* 29/10/20 Found a wild egg.
* 02/11/20 Wild egg hatched.
* 24/10/20; 4 adults located @ 01.00pm resting high in our shade house which has an open door.
* 24/10/20 & 25/10/20; 4 adults caged on both nights with cuttings of Morinda jasminoides in an attempt to obtain eggs, no eggs deposited. The 4 moths were released after dark on 26/10/20.
* Conclusion: either this species is reluctant to deposit eggs in captivity or these 4 moths had not mated prior to capture.
* 29/10/20 Found a wild egg.
* 02/11/20 Wild egg hatched.