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- This page contains pictures and information about Owl Moths that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- The caterpillars in this subfamily are usually smooth and lack of hairs.
Some of them have prolegs of segments 3, or 3 and 4 missing and known as
semi-looper, move in looping fashion.
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- Moths in this subfamily are usually medium to large in size. Most of them
have robust body and broad wings. Some of the them have brightly coloured hind
wings which are normally covered. Some other have eye-shaped patterns on their
wings.
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- White Banded Noctuid Moth I
 - Donuca rubropicta, wingspan 70mm
- This moth is brown in colour with bright red abdomen. There are the eye
marks on both forewings. There are two white strips across the forewings and
hind wings. We found a few times this moth hiding on a tree trunk near the floor during
the day. More information and pictures please click here.
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- White Banded Noctuid Moth II
  - Donuca orbigera, wingspan
50mm
- This White Banded Noctuid Moths are quite common in the Alexandra Hill
Bushland and Karawatha Forest during late summer. In day time they hide among grasses or on tree
trunk near the ground. When disturbed, they quickly fly away to another spot
few meters away. They have the eye-spots and teeth pattern on the upper side
of their wings, resemble a big mouth predator. More pictures and information
please visit this page.
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- White Banded Noctuid 3
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- White Banded Noctuid 4
 - Jan 2008, Karawatha Forest She-Oak area.
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 - Nov 2007, inside building
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- Erebus Moth
 - Erebus terminitincta, wingspan 100mm
- We saw this moth once during late summer in Yugarapul
Park, while we were looking for dragonflies on Bulimba Creek. The moth was
hiding at the overhanging bank of the creek. The moth flied with a slow and fluttering pattern.
Click here for more information and pictures.
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- Croton Caterpillar
 - Achaea janata, length 70mm, adult wingspan 70mm
- The caterpillar was found resting and covering along a stem, where the caterpillar
mimicking part of the stem. When we came closer to take photos, it dropped
to the ground. We found it on the ground among the plant materials and brought
it home with those leaves it feeding on. More information please click here.
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- Guava Moth
 - Ophiusa disjungens, length 60mm, adult wingspan 50mm
- The Guava Moth is brown to purple in colour, with a black kidney-shaped
spot near the centre of each forewing. When it open its wings, We can see
its bright yellow hind wings. Each hind wing has a large black spots at the
wing tip. Their caterpillars feed on Gum tree and Guava leaves, consider as
pest on Guava. More pictures and information can be found in this page.
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- Cotton Looper Moth
 
- Anomis flava, body length 20mm
- Picture taken late summer in our backyard on the Hibiscus
plants. The moth is golden yellow in colour with brown pattern. The
caterpillar is green with white bands between segments. The caterpillar move
in looper style, although it is not in GEOMETRIDAE
family.
 - Picture taken in Yugarapul Park on Nov 2008.
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- Tricolour Noctuid Moth
  - Oxyodes tricolor, wingspan
30mm
- This moth was hiding under the plants materials on the forest floor during
the day in Alexandra Hill. There are the white dots, resemble eye-spots
pattern on their front wings. The pattern is different among individuals. Some
are even have the white line across their wings. The hidden hind wings are
half orange-yellow and half black, normally covered. Click here
for more pictures and information.
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- Brown Moth hiding on ground
 - Avatha discolor, Catocalinae, wingspan 25mm
- Reference:
- 1. Avatha
discolor - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks,
2004.
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- Sugarcane Looper
 - Mocis frugalis, wingspan 40mm
- When we walked across the Eucalyptus forest in Alexandra Hill, we often
saw many of this moths. They hide among the grasses on the forest floor. When
disturbed, they flied to a meter away, and hind again in the grasses. Their
caterpillars are pale green or brown in colour, feed on various grasses and
Sugarcane.
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- Triple-barred Moth
  - Mocis trifasciata, wingspan 40mm
- The moth is is brown in colour with three darker bands across each
forewing. It is quite common in Brisbane. It is usually hiding on short
grasses during the day, flies to a meter away when disturbed.
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- Mocis Moth
  - Mocis sp. ?, caterpillar length 50mm, wingspan 40mm
- In late winter, we found this caterpillar on a tall grass in Wishart
bushland. We collected it home with some grasses. One day later, it pupated on
a grass leaf. Two week later it become a brown moth. This moth is quite common
in Brisbane bushland. They usually rest on the
plants materials on the ground during the day time. More pictures and information please click here.
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- Triangular-striped Moth
 - Chalciope mygdon, body length 20mm
- We cannot find this moth in the Australia reference information. From the
information in the internet, this moth found in east Asia. Most pictures
show this moth rested on Lantana plant. This moth could be an introduced
species.
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- White-striped Yellow Noctuid
 - Fodina contigua, body length 25mm
- We found this Noctuid Moth once. It was resting on ground in Yugarapul
Park during early summer. Its hind wings are orange-yellow in
colour, covered under forewings.
 - Found this moth again in Karawatha Forest on Nov 2008. it was resting on
low plants, flied to a meter away when distrubed.
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 - Found on Apr 2008 in Tamborine while we were looking for the Mountain Katydid.
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- Rectangular-striped Noctuid Moth
  - Grammodes justa, wingspan 40mm
- The moth is dark brown with two parallel white lines across forewings and
hindwings.
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- Rectangular-striped Noctuid Moth with round eye patterns
  - Grammodes ocellata, wingspan 40mm
- This moth look similar as the species above except with eye spot on each
forewing. Pictures taken on a suburban street in early summer.
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- Rectangular-striped Noctuid Moth with small eye patterns
  - Grammodes oculicola, wingspan 30mm
- The above pictures show the moths hiding near the floor under thick plants
cover in the forest during the day. This moth look similar to the above
species, with smaller body size, paler brown colour and smaller
eyespots.
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- Noctuid Moth
 - Diatenes aglossoides, wingspan 40mm
- The Moths is dark brown with complex pattern wings. It rested on the wall
outside our house. Caterpillar feeds on Acacia, pupates on hole or
under loose bark of host tree.
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- Poinciana Looper Moth
 
- Pericyma cruegeri, wingspan 40mm
- The moth is brown in colour, with complex pattern of lines and patches. The
caterpillar is long and green in colour. The moth is attracted to window light. We
took the above pictures on the wall and fence outside our house. Caterpillar is
a semi-looper and pale green in colour, feeds on Poinciana (Delonix regia).
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