Spectrotrota fimbrialis

A Pyralid moth at Hughes, ACT

Spectrotrota fimbrialis at Hughes, ACT - 20 Jan 2019
Spectrotrota fimbrialis at Hughes, ACT - 20 Jan 2019
Spectrotrota fimbrialis at Hughes, ACT - 20 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Spectrotrota fimbrialis 15 Mar 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Spectrotrota fimbrialis 21 Jan 2019 donhe
Unidentified 21 Jan 2019 ruthkerruish

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Caterpillar was hiding in a web of eaten leaves leaving new shoots bare of leaves.

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donhe wrote:
   22 Jan 2019
Beautiful photo.
The only one I know vaguely like that is Hyblaea puera, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hybl/puera.html
but that is in a tropical family.
It's relative Hyblaea ibidias is known down to Taree, see
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=69357
with a larva that has been found on Pandorea jasminoides, BIGNONIACEAE,
but I do not know what it's larva is like, and whether it would eat MYRTACEAE.
donhe wrote:
   22 Jan 2019
Ah-ha: found better matches: Epipaschiinae, like Salma pyrastis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyrastis.html
and especially Spectrotrota fimbrialis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/fimbrialis.html
ruthkerruish wrote:
   22 Jan 2019
Web moths (Pyralidae) can be serious pests of Myrtaceae, especially narrow-leaved species such as Astartea, Kunzea, Leptospermum. also of some Proteaceae such as Acacia, Indigofera. The host range of each species is often not precisely known.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 20 Jan 2019 04:00 PM Recorded on
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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Larvae Breeding behaviour

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