Theretra celata celata (Syn. clotho)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau where it is an infrequent visitor.
Distribution: W.A., N.T., all QLD coastal strip & New South Wales to Tuncurry.
Sighted at Claire Cottage October (2020), February (2004) & April (2004).
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau where it is an infrequent visitor.
Distribution: W.A., N.T., all QLD coastal strip & New South Wales to Tuncurry.
Sighted at Claire Cottage October (2020), February (2004) & April (2004).
Theretra celata celata, Claire Cottage Dorrigo NSW, 18 Oct 2020
Showing the underside, Claire Cottage Dorrigo NSW, 18 Oct 2020
Theretra celata celata, Claire Cottage Dorrigo, 18 Oct 2020 09.16pm
Theretra celata celate Claire Cottage Dorrigo, 18 October 09.16pm
Theretra celata celata adult, Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau, NSW Feb 2004
Theretra celata celata final instar larva, feeding on Dendrocnide excelsa (Giant Stinging Tree) Bellingen Island, NSW April, 2010
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Theretra celata celata final instar larva, feeding on Dendrocnide excelsa (Giant Stinging Tree) Bellingen Island, NSW April, 2010
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Final instar larva Theretra celata celata feeding on Dendrocnide excelsa (Giant Stinging Tree), Bellingen Island NSW, April 2010 - note the raised eye-spots.
The downward-curved dorsal horn of T. celata celata is orange brown with a black tip.
Theretra celata celata (Syn. clotho)
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau where it is an infrequent visitor.
Distribution: W.A., N.T., all QLD coastal strip & New South Wales to Tuncurry.
Moth Sightings:
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: 50mm - tip of forewing to tip of other forewing 50mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour form green.
We have found this moth at Claire Cottage on the Dorrigo Plateau where it is an infrequent visitor.
Distribution: W.A., N.T., all QLD coastal strip & New South Wales to Tuncurry.
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Oct 2020; Feb 2004; Apr 2004
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: Bellingen Island, NSW April, 2010
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU:
- URTICACEAE: Dendrocnide excelsa (Giant Stinging Tree), Dendrocnide photinophylla (Shiny-leaf Stinging Tree), Pipturus aqrgenteus
- VITACEAE: Cayratia clematidea, Cissus antarctica, Cissus oblonga
- ELSEWHERE: As for Dorrigo Plateau plus.
- VITACEAE: Cayratia acris, Cissus repens
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: 50mm - tip of forewing to tip of other forewing 50mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour form green.