Limacodidae (family)

A cup moth at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

Limacodidae (family)	31 Jul 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Limacodidae (family)	22 Jul 2018	donhe
Opodiphthera (genus)	21 Jul 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	19 Mar 2017	AaronClausen

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5 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

14 Sep 2017

Probably an Emperor moth or the Saturniidae family

donhe wrote:

22 Jul 2018

How long was it?

AaronClausen wrote:

23 Jul 2018

Just added the size sorry Don, approx. 50mm or slightly larger in length. It was a pretty chunky worm.

donhe wrote:

1 Aug 2018

I agree that is a bit big for Limacodidae, but you beastie does not have the star of spikes on the tubercle tips that characterise the larvae of Opodiphthera, and you are a bit south for all the other species in Saturniidae.
The little spikes on the tubercles are quite like those on the larvae of some of the genera in Limacodidae: e.g. Anaxidia, Calcarifera, and Comana. I only know the larvae of 14 of the 117 named species in Limacocidae, so I think your beastie is one of the other 103.

DiBickers wrote:

15 Mar 2025

What do you think of Calcarifera ordinata in the link below😊

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/555851-Calcarifera-ordinata/browse_photos

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Location information

Coordinates 149.179900 -35.224920
Altitude 679.7m
Places Majura, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
19 Mar 2017 03:17 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Limacodidae (family) Scientific name
A cup moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 769.2m Recorded at altitude
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