Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE	24 May 2022	GlennCocking
	Unverified	10 Jun 2019	TimL

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User's notes

A small and very active caterpillar sighted on the handrail of a footbridge. It was constantly changing direction and never still.

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donhe wrote:

11 Jun 2019

This is the caterpillar of a micro-moth, so that rules out 8 out of the 30 or so super-families of Lepidoptera. Caterpillars of micro-moths are not as varied in appearance are the caterpillars of the macro-moths, so you will have to rear it to an adult moth in captivity to even find the family.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107069 -35.274073
Maps ANBG
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Jun 2019 11:49 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

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