Coprosma Hawk Moth at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
| Cizara ardeniae (Coprosma Hawk Moth) | 22 May 2020 | AndrewMcCutcheon |
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User's notes
I was surprised to find this moth inside our house, presumably attracted in by the lights. After identifying this species and looking up it's range of distribution I noted that it should not be here.
5 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
22 May 2020
Wow, these aren't often seen. Why do you think it's out of area? There's an ALA record from Bega area. I've seen it in foothills of ranges west of Batemans Bay.
AndrewMcCutcheon
wrote:
23 May 2020
Hi Glenn, to identify the moth I referred to the book 'A Guide to Australian Moths' by Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards. In the brief description it outlined the moths distribution as being from the Atherton Tableland to as far south as Batemans Bay, where you have seen it. I guess with climate change we should not be surprised that many insect species are extending their range of distribution further south.
MaxCampbell
wrote:
23 May 2020
Coprosma repens (Mirror Bush), a favoured larval food plant in Sydney, is grown in gardens in Bega and weedy over on the coast. The way may well be prepared for this species to move south.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.844891-36.734806
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2017 08:32 PM Recorded on
- AndrewMcCutcheon Recorded by
Species information
- Cizara ardeniae Scientific name
- Coprosma Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
