Clania ignobilis
Faggot Case Moth at Murrumbateman, NSW
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| Clania ignobilis | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Dec 2020 | |
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Dec 2020 | |
| Unverified | davobj | 17 Dec 2020 |
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Little stick cocoon on a cypress pine tree. Added new pics.
19 comments
18 Dec 2020
Clania ignobilis is known to feed on native Callirtis pine but the case does not show an extended single stick poking out beyond the others as that case moth often apparently does.
18 Dec 2020
C. lewinii has vaguely equal length parallel sticks, and has been reported on Myrtaceae and Mimosacseae. It is probably polyphagus as many of the Psychidae are. It would be good if you can you get species of plant it was on determined. It would even better if you could take the larva into protective custody, and rear it in captivity to the adult moth for a more certain identification of its species.
18 Dec 2020
Have larva, any instructions on how to look after it.
Have attached more pics of tree it is on.
Have attached more pics of tree it is on.
19 Dec 2020
For caterpillar care see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html
Ian: how do we get the plant monitors to try and identify the plant ?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/care.html
Ian: how do we get the plant monitors to try and identify the plant ?
22 Dec 2020
Have set cocoon up as detailed in link above, is eating and has moved to vertical hanging position
22 Dec 2020
Davo: can you put pictures of the tree on CNM and get the Botanical people to identify it?
24 Dec 2020
27 Dec 2020
I am told the trees are Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey Cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
MichaelMulvaney
Monterey Cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
MichaelMulvaney
28 Dec 2020
Interesting. Your new photo shows one stick longer than the others, which means it is Clania ignobilis, NOT Clania lewini, which has only been found on Myrtaceae, but C. ignobilis has been reported previously on Cupressaceae.
28 Dec 2020
Thanks guys for your help, I am now waiting for the moth to emerge, It does move around its temporary house. Eating the greenery, then poos.
28 Dec 2020
If it is a female, it may be flightless, and may stay in it's case. I have not reared a female C. ignobilis , but other case moth females eject fluff from their case when metamorphosis is complete, presumably laden with pheromones to attract a male. Then you have to cut the case open , carefully, with nail scissors say, to photograph her.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.969025-34.948917
- Altitude 595.8m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2020 01:40 PM Recorded on
- davobj Recorded by
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- davobj Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Clania ignobilis Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Clania ignobilis Scientific name
- Faggot Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1051.56m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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