A Pyralid moth at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Spectrotrota fimbrialis | 15 Mar 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Spectrotrota fimbrialis | 21 Jan 2019 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Jan 2019 | ruthkerruish |
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Caterpillar was hiding in a web of eaten leaves leaving new shoots bare of leaves.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
22 Jan 2019
Beautiful photo.
The only one I know vaguely like that is Hyblaea puera, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hybl/puera.html
but that is in a tropical family.
It's relative Hyblaea ibidias is known down to Taree, see
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=69357
with a larva that has been found on Pandorea jasminoides, BIGNONIACEAE,
but I do not know what it's larva is like, and whether it would eat MYRTACEAE.
The only one I know vaguely like that is Hyblaea puera, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hybl/puera.html
but that is in a tropical family.
It's relative Hyblaea ibidias is known down to Taree, see
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=69357
with a larva that has been found on Pandorea jasminoides, BIGNONIACEAE,
but I do not know what it's larva is like, and whether it would eat MYRTACEAE.
donhe
wrote:
22 Jan 2019
Ah-ha: found better matches: Epipaschiinae, like Salma pyrastis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyrastis.html
and especially Spectrotrota fimbrialis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/fimbrialis.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyrastis.html
and especially Spectrotrota fimbrialis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/fimbrialis.html
ruthkerruish
wrote:
22 Jan 2019
Web moths (Pyralidae) can be serious pests of Myrtaceae, especially narrow-leaved species such as Astartea, Kunzea, Leptospermum. also of some Proteaceae such as Acacia, Indigofera. The host range of each species is often not precisely known.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.100525-35.338822
- Altitude 626.2m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2019 04:00 PM Recorded on
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- Callistemon seiberi Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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- Spectrotrota fimbrialis Scientific name
- A Pyralid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 774.1m Recorded at altitude
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