Lymantriinae (subfamily)

1 Unidentified tussock moths at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

Lymantriinae (subfamily)	1 Apr 2019	GlennCocking
Lymantriinae (subfamily)	31 Mar 2019	ibaird
Acyphas semiochrea	28 Feb 2019	CathB

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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?

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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Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Feb 2019 08:50 AM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
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CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

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 or negligible
Up to 859m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Lymantriidae sp. (subfamily)

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