Psychidae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Bruce, ACT

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE at Bruce, ACT - 29 Oct 2020
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE at Bruce, ACT - 29 Oct 2020
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Identification history

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE 31 Oct 2020 donhe
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE 31 Oct 2020 ibaird
Lepidoscia (genus) 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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Sighting information

  • 2 Abundance
  • 29 Oct 2020 12:30 PM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by

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

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