Lasiocampidae (family)

1 Snout moth at Canberra Central, ACT

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Identification history

Pinara (genus)	28 Jan 2019	donhe
Lasiocampidae (family)	28 Jan 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Lasiocampidae (family)	28 Jan 2019	donhe
Anthelidae sp. (family)	27 Jan 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	23 Nov 2018	TimL

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3 comments

donhe wrote:

28 Jan 2019

The 2 thin bands across thorax are characteristic of Lasiocampidae, as are the lateral hairs curving in front of the head. But it is not one of the 17 species of Lasiocampidae for which I know the larvae. It could be any of the other 59 named Australian species in that family.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

28 Jan 2019

Thanks Don - much appreciated and very good of the Larvae of this family to have such distinctive markings

donhe wrote:

29 Jan 2019

Pinara divisa does have orange bands on the thorax (Entometa has blue), but Peter Marriott's photo of the larva of P. divisa in MOV1 just shows a vague brown double zigzag dorsal pattern, rather than the neat orange crescents along the back of your specimen. Could perhaps be a different instar/sex of P. divisa, or one of the other 4 Pinara species that have been found in NSW.

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