Native cranberry moth

Poecilasthena pulchraria · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

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Native cranberry moth
Photo: Andrew Allen, CC BY

The native cranberry moth lives in Australia and New Zealand. Its caterpillars eat flowers, developing fruits and older leaves of Astroloma species in Australia and Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Caterpillars feed on Astroloma flowers, fruits and older foliage in Australia. In New Zealand they feed on Leucopogon fasciculatus.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Occurs naturally in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

First described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 as Acidalia pulchraria.

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More photos

Native cranberry moth photo 3
Photo: Jacqui Geux, CC BY
Native cranberry moth photo 4
Photo: Shaun Lee, CC BY
Native cranberry moth photo 5
Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY
Native cranberry moth photo 6
Photo: Jacqui Geux, CC BY

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecilasthena_pulchraria

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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