Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Green Spangled moth

Photo by Simon Park

Photo by Simon Park

Cosmodes elegans Donovan


Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Size range

  • Wingspan 35 mm

Distribution

  • From Australia.
  • Found in New Zealand, North Island and Nelson area, often near the coast.

Life History

  • Larvae feed in on shore lobelia and verbena