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Pink Leaf Moth, Wingia lambertella and Orange Palm Dart, Cephenes augiades sperthias

Helena Scott1850/1870

Australian Museum

Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

“Previous to the acclimatisation of the date and other foreign palms we usually found the caterpillars of ... [Orange Palm Dart] feeding, both at Sydney and the Hunter River, upon the fronds of the indigenous palms Livistona australis, the 'Cabbage Tree' of the early settlers, and the 'Bangala Palm’, Plychosperma elegans.” Description from AW Scott, ‘Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’, Volume 2, Plate 14 (1890-1898).

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  • Title: Pink Leaf Moth, Wingia lambertella and Orange Palm Dart, Cephenes augiades sperthias
  • Creator: Helena Scott
  • Date: 1850/1870
  • Medium: Watercolour painting
Australian Museum

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