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Eudocima salaminia
Definitely an Eudocima sp., I have done a little re-search and have some doubts about the ID of my Eudocima fullonia and Eudocima salaminia. The moth you posted before is in my opinion definitely Eudocima salaminia, but I am not 100% sure about the ID of this caterpillar. Most Eudocima caterpillars are looking very similar. Both, caterpillar AND adult moth are considered as pest, like perforating the fruits (moth) and therefore being open for any parasites and fungi and the caterpillar as carrier of different fungi. Please consider in this caterpillar also the host plant(s)! Sometimes it is only possible to ID the caterpillar by looking at the host plants. I do not know much about this one. Please, take a look yourself at the different links:
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Cat...
Look at the similarity, yours is not Tyrannus, which is not in Australia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuytsia_pix...
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31193189@N0...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ac681e/ac6...
http://www.spc.int/pps/PDF%20PALs/PAL%20...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
Bayucca Its look like Inchworm moth and I awared this is one type of Owl Moths...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuoidea
@Ashish: Inchworms are Geometridae, this one would be a Noctuidae, Catocalinae.
No, that one looks rather like Eudocima salaminia. And I have the impression that my Fullonia might also be Salaminia????
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
http://www.leapfrogoz.com.au/LeapFrogOz/...
Maybe some other have some closer IDeas...
Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Eudocima fullonia or Eudocima phalonia or Othreis fullonica.
Quite a nasty pest:
http://www.plantwise.org/?dsid=23012&...
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/...
Spotted on Feb 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 21, 2012
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