Chelepteryx collesi

White-stemmed Gum Moth at Hughes, ACT

Chelepteryx collesi at Hughes, ACT - 23 Sep 2019
Chelepteryx collesi at Hughes, ACT - 23 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Chelepteryx collesi 3 May 2020 GlennCocking
Chelepteryx collesi 22 Sep 2019 JackyF

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Large empty cocoon with brown hairs on outside and bits of empty shiny brown chrysalis inside, on dead gum trunk about 1.2 m from ground

5 comments

donhe wrote:
   23 Sep 2019
A bit small for Chelepteryx collesi, and the silk is not smoothly streamlined onto the trunk like C. collesi cocoons usually are.
JackyF wrote:
   23 Sep 2019
Don - Sorry, I have attached a slightly better photo with ruler next to it, but probably not good enough to help.
donhe wrote:
   24 Sep 2019
I do not know any moth species that just attach an ellipsoidal cocoon with no camouflage vertically on a trunk like that. It is so conspicuous. But there many cocoons I do not know.
Its form suggests Bombycoidea.
I think it is too large for local Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, or Saturniidae; and Sphingidae usually pupate under the soil. For Anthelidae, I think it is too large for an Anthela species. The next largest to C. collesi is C. chalepteryx, but that caterpillar feeds on Acacia species, so its cocoon would be unlikely to be on a Gum trunk. Quite a puzzle.
GlennCocking wrote:
   3 May 2020
C. collesi do spin cocoons in open sight (although usually under some sort of overhang), apparentlyre relying on the tough spined cocoon rather than disguise.
JackyF wrote:
   3 May 2020
Thanks so much.

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Solanum linearifolium (Kangaroo Apple) at Hughes, ACT - 20 Feb 2021 by JackyF
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Miltinus sp. (genus) (Miltinus mydas fly) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Dec 2020 by JackyF
Pogona barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Dec 2020 by JackyF
Pogona barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) at Hughes, ACT - 4 Dec 2020 by JackyF
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Deakin, ACT - 3 Dec 2020 by JackyF
Mantispidae (family) (Unidentified mantisfly) at Hughes, ACT - 29 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (Eastern Blue-tongue) at Hughes, ACT - 27 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Eolophus roseicapilla (Galah) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Rumex brownii (Slender Dock) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Porrostoma sp. (genus) (Lycid, Net-winged beetle) at Hughes, ACT - 17 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle) at Hughes, ACT - 14 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Hughes, ACT - 14 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Hughes, ACT - 12 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Gymnorhina tibicen (Australian Magpie) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Nov 2020 by BigDad
Pogona barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) at Hughes, ACT - 6 Nov 2020 by JackyF
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Hughes, ACT - 31 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Hughes, ACT - 29 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass) at Hughes, ACT - 29 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Chondrilla juncea (Skeleton Weed) at Hughes, ACT - 28 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Hydrocotyle laxiflora (Stinking Pennywort) at Hughes, ACT - 24 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake) at Hughes, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Pogona barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) at Hughes, ACT - 4 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Erodium crinitum (Native Crowfoot) at Hughes, ACT - 1 Oct 2020 by JackyF
Acaena x ovina (Sheep's Burr) at Hughes, ACT - 28 Sep 2020 by JackyF
Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 20 Sep 2020 by LisaH
Echium plantagineum (Paterson's Curse) at Hughes, ACT - 19 Sep 2020 by LisaH
Crassula sieberiana (Austral Stonecrop) at Hughes, ACT - 17 Sep 2020 by JackyF
Pogona barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) at Hughes, ACT - 7 Sep 2020 by JackyF
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Hughes, ACT - 29 Aug 2020 by JackyF
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Hughes, ACT - 20 Aug 2020 by JackyF
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Hughes, ACT - 14 Aug 2020 by JackyF
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Hughes, ACT - 9 Aug 2020 by JackyF
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Deakin, ACT - 4 Jul 2020 by JackyF
Trametes coccinea (Scarlet Bracket) at Hughes, ACT - 12 Jun 2020 by JackyF
Hellula hydralis (Cabbage Centre Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 25 May 2020 by LisaH
Wahlenbergia capillaris (Tufted Bluebell) at Hughes, ACT - 14 May 2020 by JackyF
Hibbertia obtusifolia (Grey Guinea-flower) at Hughes, ACT - 12 May 2020 by LisaH
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE (Unidentified case moth or bagworm) at Hughes, ACT - 10 May 2020 by JackyF
Calvatia cyathiformis at Deakin, ACT - 7 May 2020 by JackyF
Leratiomyces ceres (Leratiomyces ceres) at Hughes, ACT - 6 May 2020 by JackyF
Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant) at Hughes, ACT - 4 May 2020 by LisaH
Juncus subsecundus (Finger Rush) at Hughes, ACT - 2 May 2020 by JackyF
Scleroderma sp. (Scleroderma) at Hughes, ACT - 2 May 2020 by JackyF
Einadia nutans (Climbing Saltbush) at Hughes, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Calotis lappulacea (Yellow Burr Daisy) at Hughes, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock Fern) at Hughes, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Perenniporia ochroleuca at Hughes, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Oenosandra boisduvalii (Boisduval's Autumn Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 23 Apr 2020 by LisaH
Oxalis thompsoniae (Fluffy-fruit Wood-sorrel) at Hughes, ACT - 16 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Uresiphita ornithopteralis (Tree Lucerne Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 16 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 15 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Trombidiidae (family) (Red velvet mite) at Hughes, ACT - 13 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 6 Apr 2020 by LisaH
Fuligo septica (Scrambled egg slime) at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Pycnostictus sp. (genus) (A bandwing grasshopper) at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Phellinus sp. (non-resupinate) (A polypore) at Hughes, ACT - 2 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Deakin, ACT - 1 Apr 2020 by Ct1000

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  • 23 Sep 2019 10:10 AM Recorded on
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  • 50mm or larger Animal size

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