Lymantriinae (subfamily)

1 Unidentified tussock moths at Acton, ACT

Lymantriinae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Lymantriinae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Lymantriinae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Lymantriinae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
Lymantriinae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT - 23 Oct 2018
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Identification history

Lymantriinae (subfamily) 3 Feb 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Lymantriinae (subfamily) 29 Jan 2019 donhe
Orgyia anartoides 29 Jan 2019 ibaird
Noctuidae (family) 29 Jan 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 11 Nov 2018 TimL

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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

ibaird wrote:
   30 Jan 2019
Looks similar to larvae in the Orgyhia genus.
donhe wrote:
   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.
ibaird wrote:
   30 Jan 2019
OK, noted.

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