Theretra silhetensis intersecta (Brown-banded Hunter Hawk Moth)
We have 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 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 (Brown-banded Hunter Hawk Moth)
We have 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).
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Mar 1st 2024
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2013, Daintree Village, FNQ April 2015
Egg Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE March 18th 2024 laid on Cayratia clematidea
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None
- ELSEWHERE: None
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE 5 (1x1st instar & 4x2nd instar) - March 8th 2024 feeding on Cayratia clematidea
- DORRIGO PLATEAU:
- ELSEWHERE: Whyanbeel, FNQ May 2017,
Pupation: CLAIRE COTTAGE
* 5 larva pupated April 2024
Adults Emerging: CLAIRE COTTAGE
* 1st pupa - 02/05/24
* 2nd pupa - 03/05/24
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: RUBIACEAE: *Pentas lanceolata (Pentas), VITACEAE: Cayratia clematidea
- ARACEAE: Typhonium flagelliforme
- ONAGRACEAE: Ludwigia hyssopifolia*, Ludwigia octovalvis (Water Primrose), Ludwigia peploides
- RUBIACEAE: Hedyotis Sp.
- Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not clarified, eggs & larva found March. Adults began emerging May 2nd.
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 light & dark 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 subdorsal line stretching the full length of the larva.
Dorsal Horn: Brown or Red, short, thick, and backwards curving in 5th instar.