Sighting 4250737
Cryptophasa irrorata
A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae) at Melba, ACT
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| Cryptophasa irrorata | donhe | 28 Feb 2020 | |
| Cryptophasa irrorata | Bron | 24 Feb 2020 |
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User's notes
Excavated from living branchlets of Casuarina cunninghamiana by feeding Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus funereus).
3 comments
29 Feb 2020
I'm not entirely sure Don but I've loaded a different clearer shot of its side and found this chart online What do you think? https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/files/images_0/ef017005.jpg My husband did the study and collected the animals, he's been looking at YTB Cockatoos feeding. I'll ask him tomorrow :)
29 Feb 2020
The new photo clearly shows 4 pairs of prolegs, so it is Lepidoptera.
The markings correspond well with those in Lewin's drawing.
The markings correspond well with those in Lewin's drawing.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.045550-35.217190
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 7 Jun 2018 08:32 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
- Casuarina cunninghamiana Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Cryptophasa irrorata
Species information
- Cryptophasa irrorata Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 633.6m Recorded at altitude
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