Psychidae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Bruce, ACT

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Identification history

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	31 Oct 2020	donhe
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	31 Oct 2020	ibaird
Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE	31 Oct 2020	AlisonMilton

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Found a second one nearby.

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donhe wrote:

31 Oct 2020

Have you evidence that larvae in this form of casing develop into Lepidoscia species? If not, then I agree the head and thorax coloring of this specimen look similar to that of your sighting 4236526 of Lepidoscia arctiella, but I think that is slim evidence for suggesting that this is also a Lepidoscia species, given that we only have photos of the larvae of 12 species out of the 350 named Australian Psychidae species.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.090008 -35.248225
Altitude 641.3m
Maps Gossan Hill Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill
Places Bruce, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
29 Oct 2020 12:30 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

Eucalyptus Associated plant
Escaped the clutches of ants Associated animal
12mm to 25mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania