A cup moth at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Limacodidae (family) | 31 Jul 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Limacodidae (family) | 22 Jul 2018 | donhe | ||
| Opodiphthera (genus) | 21 Jul 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Mar 2017 | AaronClausen |
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4 comments
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.
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.
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- 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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- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- 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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