Uraba lugens (Gum-leaf Skeletoniser) at Hughes Garran Woodland

1 Gum-leaf Skeletoniser at Hughes Garran Woodland

Uraba lugens at Hughes Garran Woodland - 29 Aug 2019

3 images

Identification history

Uraba lugens	1 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Uraba lugens	1 Sep 2019	donhe
Unidentified	1 Sep 2019	ruthkerruish

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

Author's notes

Gumleaf skeltoniser (Uraba lugens), Nolidae. The caterpillars of this insect can cause eucalypts to look as if they are covered with dead leaves after the larvae have finished feeding.

1 comment

donhe wrote:

2 Sep 2019

Diagnosis would be easier if you took a lateral view as well as these dorsal views.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Nearby sightings

Page 1 of 3 pages - image sightings only 230 0 206

Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 19 Oct 2020 by ruthkerruish

Cryptes baccatus (Wattle Tick Scale) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 24 Sep 2020 by ruthkerruish

Asperula conferta (Common Woodruff) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 17 Sep 2020 by ruthkerruish

Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 11 Sep 2020 by ruthkerruish

Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 28 Aug 2020 by ruthkerruish

Geranium solanderi var. solanderi (Native Geranium) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 27 Aug 2020 by ruthkerruish

Erodium crinitum (Native Crowfoot) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Aug 2020 by ruthkerruish

Trifolium arvense var. arvense (Haresfoot Clover) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 12 Jul 2020 by ruthkerruish

Tortricinae sp. (subfamily) (A tortrix moth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Jun 2020 by ruthkerruish

Solanum nigrum (Black-berry Nightshade) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 18 May 2020 by ruthkerruish

Einadia nutans (Climbing Saltbush) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 20 Apr 2020 by ruthkerruish

Vespula germanica (European wasp) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Apr 2020 by ruthkerruish

Ehrharta erecta (Panic Veldtgrass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 8 Mar 2020 by ruthkerruish

Polyporus arcularius at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Mar 2020 by ruthkerruish

Grevillea juniperina (Grevillea) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 26 Feb 2020 by ruthkerruish

Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 17 Feb 2020 by ruthkerruish

Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail Possum) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 12 Feb 2020 by ruthkerruish

Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Jan 2020 by ruthkerruish

Myrmeleontidae (family) (Unidentified Antlion Lacewing) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 27 Dec 2019 by ruthkerruish

Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 7 Dec 2019 by ruthkerruish

Myrmecia nigriceps (Black-headed bull ant) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 5 Dec 2019 by ruthkerruish

Eriococcus coriaceus (Gumtree Scale) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 28 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Olbonoma triptycha (Concealer moth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 28 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Santolina chamaecyparissus (Cotton Lavender) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 26 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 25 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Mordellidae sp. (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 24 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 16 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Dianella longifolia var. longifolia (Pale Flax Lily, Blue Flax Lily) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 16 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 15 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Podargus strigoides (Tawny Frogmouth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 7 Nov 2019 by Sam

Eucalyptus nortonii (Large-flowered Bundy) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 5 Nov 2019 by ruthkerruish

Geranium solanderi var. solanderi (Native Geranium) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 24 Oct 2019 by ruthkerruish

Chondrilla juncea (Skeleton Weed) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 14 Oct 2019 by ruthkerruish

Festuca arundinacea (Tall Fescue) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 14 Oct 2019 by ruthkerruish

Calliphoridae (family) (Unidentified blowfly) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Oct 2019 by ruthkerruish

Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 4 Oct 2019 by ruthkerruish

Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 22 Aug 2019 by ruthkerruish

Scleroderma sp. (Earth balls) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 1 Jul 2019 by ruthkerruish

Juncus sp. (A rush) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 17 May 2019 by ruthkerruish

Symonicoccus sp. (genus) (Grass Coccid) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 May 2019 by ruthkerruish

Leptocoris mitellatus (Leptocoris bug) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 25 Apr 2019 by ruthkerruish

Agaricus sp. at Hughes Garran Woodland - 12 Apr 2019 by ruthkerruish

zz puffball at Hughes Garran Woodland - 8 Apr 2019 by ruthkerruish

Lepiota s.l. at Hughes Garran Woodland - 5 Apr 2019 by ruthkerruish

Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 Apr 2019 by ruthkerruish

Brachyscome multifida (Cut-leaf Daisy) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 27 Feb 2019 by ruthkerruish

Eleusine tristachya (Goose Grass, Crab Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Feb 2019 by ruthkerruish

Drymaplaneta communis (Eastern Wood Runner) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 17 Feb 2019 by ruthkerruish

Spectrotrota fimbrialis (A Pyralid moth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 14 Feb 2019 by ruthkerruish

Erodium crinitum (Native Crowfoot) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 10 Feb 2019 by ruthkerruish

Coprinellus etc. (An Inkcap) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 29 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed, Purslane) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 20 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Panicum effusum (Hairy Panic Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 20 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Cryptes baccatus (Wattle Tick Scale) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 15 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Scleroderma sp. (Earth balls) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 15 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Psaltoda moerens (Redeye Cicada) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 7 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Fuligo septica (Scrambled egg slime mould) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 Jan 2019 by ruthkerruish

Tenebrionidae (family) (Unidentified darkling beetle (adult) False Wireworm (larva)) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Dec 2018 by ruthkerruish

Pterohelaeus laticollis (Pie-dish beetle) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 30 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Wahlenbergia luteola (Yellowish Bluebell) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 27 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet, Sheep's Burnet) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 26 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Bromus catharticus (Prairie Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 26 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Rayieria acaciae (Acacia-spotting bug) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Pulvinaria sp. (genus) (Unidentified Pulvinaria scale insect) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Dianella revoluta var. revoluta (Black-anther Flax Lily) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Anisolabididae (family) (Unidentified wingless earwig) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 20 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish

Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 28 Oct 2018 by ruthkerruish

Panesthia australis (Common wood cockroach) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 27 Oct 2018 by ruthkerruish

Panesthia australis (Common wood cockroach) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 12 Oct 2018 by ruthkerruish

Strepera graculina (Pied Currawong) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 11 Oct 2018 by ruthkerruish

Platycercus eximius (Eastern Rosella) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 19 Sep 2018 by roymcd

Scarabaeidae sp. (family) (Scarab beetle, curl grub) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 18 Sep 2018 by ruthkerruish

Prunus sp. (A plum species) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 13 Sep 2018 by ruthkerruish

Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 21 Aug 2018 by ruthkerruish

Cryptes baccatus (Wattle Tick Scale) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 19 Jun 2018 by ruthkerruish

Zizina otis (Common Grass-blue) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 5 May 2018 by ruthkerruish

Oecophorinae sp. (subfamily) (Unidentified Oecophorinae concealer moths) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 19 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 19 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Heteronympha merope (Common Brown) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 12 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Digitaria sanguinalis (Summer Grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 11 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 11 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Cynodon dactylon (Couch grass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 11 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Ommatoiulus moreleti (Portuguese Millipede) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish

Dichondra repens (Kidney Weed) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 31 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Callitris endlicheri (Black cypress pine) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 17 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Rust fungus at Hughes Garran Woodland - 8 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Pheidole sp. (genus) (Seed-harvesting ant) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 5 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Malva parviflora (Small-flowered Mallow) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 4 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Scleranthus fasciculatus (Knawel) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 4 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Dianella revoluta var. revoluta (Black-anther Flax Lily) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Desmodium varians (Slender Tick-trefoil) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 3 Jan 2018 by ruthkerruish

Centaurium sp. (Centaury) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 26 Dec 2017 by ruthkerruish

Camponotus consobrinus (Banded sugar ant) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 6 Dec 2017 by ruthkerruish

Glycine tabacina (Variable Glycine) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 2 Dec 2017 by ruthkerruish

Lolium perenne (Perennial Ryegrass) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 29 Nov 2017 by ruthkerruish

Polyporus arcularius at Hughes Garran Woodland - 18 Nov 2017 by ruthkerruish

Callistemon citrinus (Crimson Bottlebrush) at Hughes Garran Woodland - 13 Nov 2017 by ruthkerruish

Location information

Coordinates 149.098330-35.338494
Altitude 618.8m
Maps Hughes Garran Woodland
Places Hughes, ACT

Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Mugga Ironbark) Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size (mm)
Larvae Breeding behaviour
29 Aug 2019 Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by