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Post by jamesd on Nov 6, 2011 23:47:41 GMT -8
I found a small green caterpillar on a citrus tree. I have eliminated the possibility of it being Papilio, so it must be a moth. But are there any moths that feed on citrus? It has an orange hair-stick structure on one side of it's body. That's a characteristic of Sphingidae larvae, yeah? I doubt it's that anyway. I really have no idea.
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Post by downundermoths on Nov 7, 2011 0:20:59 GMT -8
Yes James, many moths do feed (or can feed) on citrus in Australia. I can immediately think of species of Hyalarcta, Pholodes, Oiketicus, Ectropis, Chrysodeixis, and even Cephonodes kingii (one of the hummingbird hawkmoths) and Syntherata janetta (Silkmoth) can eat it succesfully...
Barry
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Post by jamesd on Nov 7, 2011 0:25:16 GMT -8
Ok, thanks. Now that I know that, the easiest way to identify it would probably be to just wait and see what it evolves into.
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