Psilogramma casuarinae (Privet Hawkmoth)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Description: Of the seven Psilogramma species P. casuarinae is generally not the largest. It's colouring is an overall slate grey, with overlying black markings.- (id description provided by David Lane).
Distribution: South in Eastern Australia from Archer River, Cape York Peninsula, FNQ through Queensland and NSW to Central Victoria.
Sighted at Claire Cottage in February.
Please note: there are seven known species of Psilogramma in Australia. They all resemble each other in appearance. Identification therefore requires great care. Of assistance is knowing where your specimen was sighted. Utilising some of the descriptive aids found in 'Hawkmoths of Australia' Moulds, Tuttle and Lane, (page 212) will prove of great benefit in attempting to identify adult Psilogramma's. Factors such as the condition of your photographed specimen and the quality of your photograph will both play an important role in assisting identification.
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Description: Of the seven Psilogramma species P. casuarinae is generally not the largest. It's colouring is an overall slate grey, with overlying black markings.- (id description provided by David Lane).
Distribution: South in Eastern Australia from Archer River, Cape York Peninsula, FNQ through Queensland and NSW to Central Victoria.
Sighted at Claire Cottage in February.
Please note: there are seven known species of Psilogramma in Australia. They all resemble each other in appearance. Identification therefore requires great care. Of assistance is knowing where your specimen was sighted. Utilising some of the descriptive aids found in 'Hawkmoths of Australia' Moulds, Tuttle and Lane, (page 212) will prove of great benefit in attempting to identify adult Psilogramma's. Factors such as the condition of your photographed specimen and the quality of your photograph will both play an important role in assisting identification.
Psilogramma casuarinae, Claire Cottage Dorrigo, 23 Feb 2020, 10.39 pm
Psilogramma casuarinae, Claire Cottage Dorrigo, 23 Feb 2020, 10.39 pm
Psilogramma casuarinae, (ID David Lane) Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau, NSW Feb 2004
Psilogramma casuarinae, Whyanbeel FNQ, 18 May 2018 (Our ID thought to be correct by David Lane - but could be a worn Psilogramma papuensis)
Chrysalis, Sydney, 12 Apr 2021 (Photo Gary Harris)
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Chrysalis, Sydney, 12 Apr 2021 (Photo Gary Harris)
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Psilogramma casuarinae (Privet Hawkmoth)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: N.E. Queensland to Far N.E. Victoria
NOTE: There is a high degree of similarity between the 8 various Psilogramma species creating an added degree of difficulty identifying them with 100% certainty.
Moth Sightings:
DORRIGO PLATEAU: Feb 2004, 2020
ELSEWHERE: Possibly Whyanbeel, FNQ (see wording under photo directly above).
Larva Sightings:
DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larval food plants:
DORRIGO PLATEAU:
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: ?? - ??mm
Mature larva: length - 80mm.
Colour form: Final instar: Green or green & brown mixed.
Eye Spots: None
Other distinguishing features: Diagonal white stripes along both sides.
Dorsal Horn: Straight Backward facing in all instars.
Pupa: Formed under leaf litter below food plant.
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: N.E. Queensland to Far N.E. Victoria
NOTE: There is a high degree of similarity between the 8 various Psilogramma species creating an added degree of difficulty identifying them with 100% certainty.
Moth Sightings:
DORRIGO PLATEAU: Feb 2004, 2020
ELSEWHERE: Possibly Whyanbeel, FNQ (see wording under photo directly above).
Larva Sightings:
DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larval food plants:
DORRIGO PLATEAU:
- OLEACEAE - Jasminum polyanthum* (White Jasmine), Ligustrum lucidum* (Broad Leaf Privet), Ligustrum sinense* (Narrow Leaf Privet), Ligustrum vulgare* (European Privet), Olea europaea* (Olive tree),
- ELSEWHERE: (as for DORRIGO PLATEAU)
DORRIGO PLATEAU:
- BIGNONIACEAE - Pandorea jasminoides, Pandorea pandorana,
- LAMIACEAE - Clerodendrum floribundum, C.tomentosum (Hairy Clerodendrum),
- OLEACEAE - Jasminum*, Ligustrum lucidum* (Broad Leaf Privet), Ligustrum sinense* (Common Privet), Ligustrum undulatum (Box-leaf Privet) Notelaea longifolia
- BIGNONIACEAE - Deplanchea tetraphylla (Golden Bouquet Tree), Dolichandrone heterophylla, Campsis grandiflora*(Chinese trumpet vine), Campsis radicans*(Trumpet vine), Clytostoma callistegioides*(Argentine trumpet vine), Podranea ricasoliana*(Pink Bignonia), Radermachera sinica*(Asian Bell Tree), Spathodea campanulata*(African tulip tree), Tecoma stans* (Yellow Trumpet Vine), T. capensis*(Cape honeysuckle)
- CAPRIFOLIACEAE - Lonicera japonica* (Japanese Honeysuckle)
- LAMIACEAE - Vitex trifolia
- OLEACEAE - Fraxinus angustifolia* (=F.oxycarpa) (Claret Ash), F.excelsior*(Golden Ash), F.griffithii* (Himalayan Ash), F.valutina* (Velvet Ash), Jasminum humile*, J.nudiflorum*, J.polyanthum*, J.volubile*, Olea africana*(Wild Olive), Olea europaea*(Common Olive),Olea paniculata, Osmanthus fragans*(Fragrant Olive), Syringa vulgaris*(Lilac)
- PLANTAGINACAE - Antirrhinum majus*(Snapdragon), Veronica salicifolia*(Veronica)
- VERBENACEAE - Citharexylum hydalglense*, Duranta repens*(Golden Dewdrop)
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: ?? - ??mm
Mature larva: length - 80mm.
Colour form: Final instar: Green or green & brown mixed.
Eye Spots: None
Other distinguishing features: Diagonal white stripes along both sides.
Dorsal Horn: Straight Backward facing in all instars.
Pupa: Formed under leaf litter below food plant.