Eupanacra splendens splendens
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cooktown to Brisbane - Nathan, (Nr Mt. Gravatt), Brisbane (2017), Narangba, Brisbane (2018) & Morningside/Cannon Hill, Brisbane and Albany Creek, North Brisbane (2019)
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cooktown to Brisbane - Nathan, (Nr Mt. Gravatt), Brisbane (2017), Narangba, Brisbane (2018) & Morningside/Cannon Hill, Brisbane and Albany Creek, North Brisbane (2019)
Eupanacra splendens splendens
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cooktown to Brisbane - Nathan, (Nr Mt. Gravatt), Brisbane (2017), Narangba, Brisbane (2018) & Morningside/Cannon Hill, Brisbane (2019)
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ (May 2017)
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ (Nov 2012) & Whyanbeel, FNQ (May 2015).
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Araceae (Aroids): Epipremnum pinnatum, Monstera deliciosa (Monstera), Rhaphidophora australasica, Spathiphyllum Sp* (Peace Lily 1st larva photo), Epipremnum aureum* (Pothos or Devils Ivy 2nd larva photo)
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not applicable
Breeding season in QLD - not confirmed but thought to be all year in the north, warm season in the south.
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: ?? - ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour forms in the final instar are a Green & Brown Form and a Brown Form.
Interesting notes:
(1) Nov 2012 Wynne Robinson comments that the leaves of the Spathiphyllum Sp., the larva was eating at Whyanbeel were like stiff cardboard. She took a video of it feeding and you actually hear the larva eating!
(2) Jan 27th 2018 a number of larvae found at Nathan, (Nr Mount Gravatt) Brisbane feeding on Monstera deliciosa
(3) Dec 2018 moth found at Narangba, Brisbane
(4) Jan 2019 larvae found in Buderim, QLD - 10 on a Spathiphyllum Sp. plant.