Lymantriinae (subfamily)
1 Unidentified tussock moths at Acton, ACT
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| Lymantriinae (subfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 3 Feb 2019 | |
| Lymantriinae (subfamily) | donhe | 29 Jan 2019 | |
| Orgyia anartoides | ibaird | 29 Jan 2019 | |
| Noctuidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 11 Nov 2018 |
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User's notes
The Caterpillar's head is the red feature with two 'horns' of black-tipped hairs. It was sighted on a flowering Wattle and was relatively slow moving.
3 comments
30 Jan 2019
The larvae that I know in Olene, Orgyia, Psalis , and Teia, all have four dorsal tufts, not three, and the tufts are all the same colour, not two colours as in this specimen.
Orgyia australis has prominent lateral tufts from a1 and a2, which this specimen does not have, and the hairs in the head pencils are of various lengths, and not all the same length as in this specimen.
I think Lymantriidae species (family) is the best we can do until someone else finds one and rears it to an adult, as all the taxonomy has been done on adult moths.
Orgyia australis has prominent lateral tufts from a1 and a2, which this specimen does not have, and the hairs in the head pencils are of various lengths, and not all the same length as in this specimen.
I think Lymantriidae species (family) is the best we can do until someone else finds one and rears it to an adult, as all the taxonomy has been done on adult moths.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105926-35.275779
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2018 01:48 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lymantriinae (subfamily) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lymantriinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified tussock moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 859m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Lymantriidae sp. (subfamily)