Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 10 Nov 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 9 Nov 2019 | donhe | ||
| Clania ignobilis | 9 Nov 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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I was curious that the spaces between twigs on this specimen seemed to be filled with leaf material rather than twigs like other case moths like this that I have seen.
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
10 Nov 2019
So it is probably not C. ignobilis.
As usual with Australian caterpillars: it needs to be reared to the adult moth to clarify this.
As usual with Australian caterpillars: it needs to be reared to the adult moth to clarify this.
donhe
wrote:
11 Nov 2019
The spaced twigs are normally characteristic of Metura elongatus, but the pattern on the head and thorax of this specimen are totally different to those of M. elongatus, so it is not that either.
The pattern is more like that of Hyalarcta and Clania species.
Alison: did you take it into protective custody?
The pattern is more like that of Hyalarcta and Clania species.
Alison: did you take it into protective custody?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.085168-35.289272
- Altitude 572.5m
- Maps Yarramundi Grassland
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 9 Nov 2019 08:24 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- Callistemon Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
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