Hippotion brennus
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York Peninsula to the Gold Coast, QLD
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York Peninsula to the Gold Coast, QLD
Hippotion brennus
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York Peninsula to the Gold Coast, QLD
Moth Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not Applicable
Breeding season in QLD - not confirmed but thought to be all year in the Far North and limited to the warmer months in the South.
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: 37mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour forms in the final instar are ?? form.
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cape York Peninsula to the Gold Coast, QLD
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not Applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ (May 2017, 2018, June 2019), Beatrice FNQ (Nov 2022)
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not Applicable
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: DILLENIACEAE Hibbertia scandens
- ELSEWHERE: As for Dorrigo Plateau plus RUBIACEAE Pentas lanceolata*, Pogonolobus reticulatus
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not Applicable
Breeding season in QLD - not confirmed but thought to be all year in the Far North and limited to the warmer months in the South.
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: 37mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour forms in the final instar are ?? form.