1 Unidentified tussock moths at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Lymantriinae (subfamily) | 1 Apr 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Lymantriinae (subfamily) | 31 Mar 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Acyphas semiochrea | 28 Feb 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
I wonder if the fluffy mass on the other side of the same leaf contains eggs laid by this moth. A similar mass found in the same area last year contained many brownish eggs
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
1 Mar 2019
I think Trichiocercus sparshalli is more likely, the females of which have the brown and black thorax, and the hairy gold tail, like this specimen. But the white moths of Lymantriidae and Notodontidae are very hard to distinguish just from photos.
Can you take the egg mass home for protection, and rear it for identification of the resulting larvae and moths, and then take all the specimens you successfully rear back for release at the same spot?
Can you take the egg mass home for protection, and rear it for identification of the resulting larvae and moths, and then take all the specimens you successfully rear back for release at the same spot?
GlennCocking
wrote:
1 Apr 2019
This is a female Lymantiinae rather than Trichiocercus. CNM has them under Acyphas semiochaea, Acyphas chionotis and Lymantiinae sp, and as Don has pointed out on one of the records there are other possibilities.
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Nearby sightings
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081502-35.270042
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2019 08:50 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
Additional information
- Daviesia mimosoides Associated plant
- Female Gender
Species information
- Lymantriinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified tussock moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 625.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Lymantriidae sp. (subfamily)
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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