Limacodidae (family)
A cup moth at Amaroo, ACT
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| Limacodidae (family) | donhe | 7 Jun 2022 |
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It is a largely unfounded and possibly naïve assumption that this is the larva of the Acacia leaf beetle, on the grounds that a few were found on the same plant and not that far from several adult Calomela bartoni.
5 comments
29 Jan 2019
This is not a Calomela larva which are lack spines and are somewhat bulbous, see images on the internet. It is possibly a moth larva.
7 Jun 2022
Branched spines are characteristic of some Limacodidae larvae, but it lokks like none that I know.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.169648-35.164010
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2019 11:05 AM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Limacodidae (family) Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Limacodidae (family) Scientific name
- A cup moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 769.2m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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