Clania ignobilis

Faggot Case Moth at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Clania ignobilis	28 Dec 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	18 Dec 2020	michaelb
Unidentified	17 Dec 2020	davobj

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Little stick cocoon on a cypress pine tree. Added new pics.

19 comments

ibaird wrote:

18 Dec 2020

A native cypress pine, I presume?

ibaird wrote:

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.

donhe wrote:

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.

davobj wrote:

18 Dec 2020

Have larva, any instructions on how to look after it.
Have attached more pics of tree it is on.

donhe wrote:

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 ?

davobj wrote:

22 Dec 2020

Have set cocoon up as detailed in link above, is eating and has moved to vertical hanging position

davobj wrote:

22 Dec 2020

Have added new pics of cocoon and eating.

donhe wrote:

22 Dec 2020

Davo: can you put pictures of the tree on CNM and get the Botanical people to identify it?

davobj wrote:

23 Dec 2020

Will do.

davobj wrote:

24 Dec 2020

Have added updated pics of caterpillar out of cocoon eating pine leaf

davobj wrote:

24 Dec 2020

donhe wrote:

25 Dec 2020

Excellent. Thanks.

davobj wrote:

27 Dec 2020

I am told the trees are Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey Cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
MichaelMulvaney

donhe wrote:

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.

donhe wrote:

28 Dec 2020

The system will not let me alter the species to Clania ignobilis.

davobj wrote:

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.

donhe wrote:

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.

davobj wrote:

28 Dec 2020

Thanks again, I have seen the caterpillar head out eating. Will watch and wait.

davobj wrote:

24 Jan 2021

Tried to upload pic of dead caterpillar (Black) after opening the cocoon.

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