Psychidae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	6 Aug 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	10 Dec 2019	AlisonMilton

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I'm posting this out of scientific interest. I'm beginning t think that a number of case moths identified as different species may in fact be the same but their cases differ due to foliage available. I've posted two sightings from Gungahlin: the latest https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4239380 There were hundreds of cases so I brought a number home. Some I still have inside but I release a couple onto a grevillea outside. This is what the largest of the released moths now looks like - now looking more spiky than leafy. They now look quite different to the leafy versions I brought home.

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donhe wrote:

11 Dec 2019

Probably Hylalarcta huebneri, which seems happy to stick anything available on, and attaches things near (but not at) the head end of the case so that they hang down over the rest of the case, like this specimen. I had fun with one of mine giving it bits of coloured foil which it duly attached.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029465 -35.238277
Altitude 598.2m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
8 Dec 2019 05:57 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Grevillea Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

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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