Lepidoscia arctiella at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby

Lepidoscia arctiella

Tower Case Moth at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby

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Identification history

Lepidoscia arctiella	17 Apr 2017	ibaird
Lepidoscia arctiella	17 Apr 2017	michaelb
Unidentified	13 Apr 2017	Mike

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2 comments

Mike wrote:

13 Apr 2017

Case seems to be made from casuarina stems but nearest tree is 100m away. How far do these caterpillars travel?

ibaird wrote:

18 Apr 2017

Common in his Moths of Australia (1990) does attribute this distinctive larval case to Lepidoscia arctiella without qualification at p. 179 and with a figure 51.3 attributed to this species ie. he does not say other species have similar larval cases, so I am inclined to accept Michael's suggestion.

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