Unidentified - Moth at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth | 30 Dec 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth | 29 Dec 2020 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Dec 2020 | JackyF |
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User's notes
Cocoon, like a case moth case, I think the insect has left and the brown pupal case head can be seen at bottom left in photo 1.
8 comments
JackyF
wrote:
30 Dec 2020
Yes, thanks, I was hoping this type of construction was unique to one species.
donhe
wrote:
30 Dec 2020
The larvae of many Australian species feed on Asteraceae, see the foot of http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/aste/asteraceae.html
and many pupate in a cocoon between rolled joined leaves.
and many pupate in a cocoon between rolled joined leaves.
donhe
wrote:
30 Dec 2020
Just checking: was cocoon intertwined with live leaves, or dangling by one end?
donhe
wrote:
31 Dec 2020
Thanks. We do know a lot of things it isn't. That rules out Psychidae. The small size rules out the Macro-Lepidoptera such as most Erebidae and Noctuidae, Notodontidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, most Geometridae. Being on Asteraceae rules out Oecophoridae.
JackyF
wrote:
31 Dec 2020
Don - thanks, I will try to find another one with a pupa in it. Cheers, Jacky
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096558-35.327725
- Altitude 632.0m
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Dec 2020 12:06 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
Additional information
- Sticky Everlasting Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth Scientific name
- Unidentified - Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1643.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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