Theretra silhetensis intersecta (Brown-banded Hunter Hawk Moth)
We have not found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland & New South Wales (exact range not yet clarified but found to the south of Cundletown near Taree, NSW).
We have not found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland & New South Wales (exact range not yet clarified but found to the south of Cundletown near Taree, NSW).
Theretra silhetensis intersecta, Beatrice FNQ, 10 May 2018
T. silhetensis intersecta, Whyanbeel, FNQ, 16 May 2018
Theretra silhetensis intersecta, Whyanbeel, FNQ, May 2013
Theretra silhetensis intersecta Whyanbeel FNQ June 2019
Showing the underside, Beatrice FNQ, 10 May 2018
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Whyanbeel, FNQ, 18 May 2018
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Theretra silhetensis intersecta, Daintree Village FNQ, February 2015 (Photo Phil Gilmour)
Theretra silhetensis intersecta brown form larva feeding on Ludwigia sp, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2017
Theretra silhetensis intersecta brown form larva, Whyanbeel FNQ, May 2017
A sick Theretra silhetensis intersecta green form larva feeding on a herbicide-sprayed plant, Nr. Mossman FNQ, May 2013
A mature dorsal horn of T. silhetensis intersecta. The earlier instar brown form pictured above have longer, straighter horns.
Sharing a meal with a well worn T. silhetensis intersecta Whyanbeel, FNQ Date 20/05/2013.
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The weed Ludwigia growing on the road side at Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2017.
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Theretra silhetensis intersecta (Brown-banded Hunter Hawk Moth)
We have not found this moth on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland & New South Wales (exact range not yet recorded).
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to Date
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2013, Daintree Village, FNQ April 2015
Larva Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to Date
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2017,
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not known:
- ELSEWHERE: As for Dorrigo Plateau plus
- ONAGRACEAE: Ludwigia Sp*., Ludwigia octovalvis*(Water Primrose),
- RUBIACEAE: Hedyotis Sp., Pentas lanceolata*(Pentas),
- VITACEAE: Cayratia clematidea
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not known.
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Active at night.
Adult Moth: Colour dark brown with large lighter areas,
Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: 37mm; tip of forewing horizontally to tip of other forewing: ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm.
Colour forms: Final instar: a green form and a brown form
Eye Spots: 7 half-eyespots along each side of the body. The spots are the top half of a white circle which half surround a black spot with a black semicircular line outlining the semi circle.
Other distinguishing features: Just below the 7 half-eye-spots is a yellow line stretching the full length of the larva.
Dorsal Horn: Brown or Red, short, thick, and backwards curving.
