Hippotion johanna
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ - southern limit not known.
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ - southern limit not known.
Hippotion johanna, Whyanbeel FNQ, 22 May 2018, 9.13 pm
Brown form larva feeding on Persicaria decipians growing on creek edge at Whyanbeel, FNQ, May 2013
Young larva are green, here changing into 3rd instar, Whyanbeel FNQ May 2013
A 3rd instar dark blackish-brown form, Whyanbeel FNQ May 2013
A final instar blackish-brown form of Hippotion johanna, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2013
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A lovely purplish-brown form of H. johanna, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2013
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Brown form just changed to 3rd instar, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2013
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Eggs laid on underside of Persicaria leaves, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2013
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Early instar dorsal horn
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Final instar dorsal horn - long and straight with a white tip
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This final instar dorsal horn could have been damaged in an earlier instar
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Hippotion johanna
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ - southern limit not known.
Moth Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not Applicable
Breeding season in FNQ - not confirmed but thought to be all year
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 Brown form, a Blackish/Brown form and a Purplish/Brown form.
Note: The first known discovery of an Australian Hippotion johanna larva was made by our daughter Wynne Robinson whilst searching for Hawk Moth larvae with her Mum & Dad (Carol & Trevor Deane) at Whyanbeel, FNQ in May 2013. Until that moment the foodplant (Persicaria decipians) of Hippotion johanna was also unknown.
We have NOT found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: FNQ - southern limit not known.
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not Applicable
- ELSEWHERE: None to date.
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not Applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ (May 2013)
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not Applicable
- ELSEWHERE: FNQ, POLYGONACEAE: Persicaria decipians, RUBIACEAE: Pentas lanceolata*
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not Applicable
Breeding season in FNQ - not confirmed but thought to be all year
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 Brown form, a Blackish/Brown form and a Purplish/Brown form.
Note: The first known discovery of an Australian Hippotion johanna larva was made by our daughter Wynne Robinson whilst searching for Hawk Moth larvae with her Mum & Dad (Carol & Trevor Deane) at Whyanbeel, FNQ in May 2013. Until that moment the foodplant (Persicaria decipians) of Hippotion johanna was also unknown.