Tower Case Moth at Isaacs Ridge
Identification history
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 17 Apr 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoscia arctiella | 17 Apr 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| 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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.118149-35.381229
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Apr 2017 03:27 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Lepidoscia arctiella Scientific name
- Tower Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 951m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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