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Green Blotched Moth
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GREEN BLOTCHED MOTH FACTS |
Identification
The moth is brown with a wavy green pattern on the forewings. It has a tuft of hairs on the head. It rests with its wings held in a steep roof shape Caterpillars are smooth and green.
Size
wingspan to 4cm. caterpillar length about 3 cm.
Food
Caterpillars feed on Lobelia and Verbena
Breeding
pupates in a thin cocoon under the soil.
Range
Found throughout most of Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Noctuidae | | Genus: | Cosmodes | | Species: | elegans | | Common Name: | Green Blotched Moth |
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