Helena Gum Moth at Krawarree, NSW
Identification history
| Opodiphthera helena | 30 Mar 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Opodiphthera helena | 30 Mar 2025 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Jan 2025 | stellabellaxx |
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User's notes
This was a type of interesting cocoon under a wall slat on the outside of the farmhouse. Approx 3cm x 2cm in size.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
30 Mar 2025
I think it is about the size of male O. helena, and the cocoons of that species are more often solo whereas other Saturniidae have communal cocoons.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.633086-35.823783
- Altitude 735.1m
- Places Krawarree, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2025 03:24 PM Recorded on
- stellabellaxx Recorded by
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Collections
stellabellaxx NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Emperor moths (Saturniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae or nymphs Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Opodiphthera helena Scientific name
- Helena Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1670m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Austrocaligula helena
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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