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What a chonk!

Gadirtha / Iscadia inexacta

12/10/20

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Index Entry - Blenina donans

Taxonomy: Superfamily Noctuoidea; Family Nolidae “Hatted Caterpillars”; Subfamily Sarrothripinae; Genus Blenina

Food plant/s: Diospyros species “Persimmon and Ebony”

Occupation/Territory: Australia (QLD, NT), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Caterpillar description: Smooth Green, yellowish head, blueish tail. “Early instars shelter under young leaves. Later instars lie along twigs for camouflage” - Source below

Pupae description: “The pupa is formed in a yellow pear-shaped cocoon anchored by its four corners to a leaf” - Source below

(Source)

20/01/21

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𝑰𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒂

Previously known as “Gadirtha inexacta”

Order Lepidoptera Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Nolidae “Hatted Caterpillars” Subfamily Sarrothripinae

The Adult moth (Has yet to be photographed) is cutworm-like in shape, brown, has bark-like patterns, and distinctly, has incredibly fluffy front legs.

The Larval stage is pictured above.

The larvae feeds on:

Omalanthus populifolius “Bleeding Heart”

Sapium discolor “Mountain Tallow”

Triadica sebifera “Chinese Tallow”

This species is occurs in N.S.W and Q.L.D As well as in Asia:

Hong Kong

India

Taiwan

Thailand

18/12/20, source - RatteJak

[hisj]

Stranger in the Night, doobee doobee doo, or not doobee doobee doo, that is Mr. Simatra's question. _Blenia senex_ #Noctuidae #Sarrothripinae #moth #キノカワガ 夜の訪問者。ズビズビズーのジョークは昔ドイツ人に教わったけれど、あまり面白くなかった。今でも面白くないけれど、つい言ってしまう。