#catocalinae

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✤ Dysgonia serratilinea - Erebidae

23/02/21

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#1273 - Donuca castalia - Brown White Banded Noctuid

Photo by Gillian Rivera Lim in Brisbane. The kidney-shaped eyespots suggested Noctuidae, and size the Catocalinae. I was right.

Found in Queensland and the Northern Territory, but Brisbane is south enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if it shows up in New South Wales as well. No info on the diet, but one of the others in the genus (which are often vividly marked with white bands) is known to feed on wattle.

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Noctuid moth caterpillar, Hemicephalis sp. by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

[rattyexplores]

✥ Pericyma cruegeri, “Poinciana Looper”

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Taxonomy Lepidoptera - Noctuoidea - Erebidae - Catocalinae - Pericyma

Known Foodplant/s Peltophorum pterocarpum “Yellow Poinciana”, Delonix regia “Poinciana”

Territory New Guinea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia (WA, SA, NSW, QLD, NT)

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Last edited 09/04/21

[rattyexplores]

✤ Ericeia eriophora - Erebidae

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✤ Dysgonia senex - Erebidae

Known Food plants: Flueggea virosa “Snowball Bush”

Last updated 14/03/21

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Lepidoptera study - 27/12/20 - Trigonodes hyppasia, “Triangle Owlet”  Superfamily Noctuoidea; Family Erebidae; Subfamily Catocalinae

The caterpillars of this species start off green and becoming more yellow as they mature, and with purplish-brown lines along the body. They have two pairs of prolegs (excluding anal prolegs).

The caterpillars feed on a variety of plants including:

Chrysopogon species “Perennial Grass”

Medicago sativa “Lucerne”

Outside Australia they are found:

Borneo

India

Namibia

Samoa

Taiwan

Zimbabwe

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✤ Athyrma subpunctata - Erebidae