Anthelidae (family)
Unidentified Anthelid moth or Australian woolly bear at Flynn, ACT
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| Anthelidae (family) | GlennCocking | 3 May 2020 | |
| Anthelidae (family) | GlennCocking | 3 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 1 Jan 2020 |
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Maybe a tad longer than 50mm. Is it a Woolly Bear?
1 comment
2 Jan 2020
The white V on the face seems to be specific to Anthelidae, and Epicoma species in Notodontidae,
but it does not look like any of the 22 caterpillars illustrated at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/anth/anth-cats.html
or the 7 species of Epicoma in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/noto/thau-cats.html
I think it is too big and too hairy for Epicoma, so it is probably one of the other 52 named Australian species in Anthelidae.
but it does not look like any of the 22 caterpillars illustrated at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/anth/anth-cats.html
or the 7 species of Epicoma in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/noto/thau-cats.html
I think it is too big and too hairy for Epicoma, so it is probably one of the other 52 named Australian species in Anthelidae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.041257-35.209713
- Places Flynn, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2019 09:02 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anthelidae (family) Anthelid moths (Anthelidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Anthelidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Anthelid moth or Australian woolly bear Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1686.81m Recorded at altitude
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