White Cedar Moth at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Leptocneria reducta | 28 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Leptocneria reducta | 27 Jan 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Photo 1: newly emerged. Photos 2-5 taken earlier on 24 January. Photo 2: the pupae still intact. Photo 3: I almost missed the small male under the wing of the larger female. Photo 4: the male and Photo 5: an empty pupae case.
Interesting that though the larvae feed on the White Cedar tree, they pupate under the bark of the nearby gum tree.
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
28 Jan 2021
That is one reason why they are a pest. When they wish to pupate, mature caterpillars go walkabout, seeking somewhere nice to pupate. Some travel up to 50 metres from their food tree, invading homes, garages, sheds, cars, anywhere, in their search.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
28 Jan 2021
Numbers haven't been so bad lately but there was one year (perhaps 10 years or so ago) when the whole base of the White Cedar tree was covered in hundreds of caterpillars. Luckily have not seen them like that again.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029701-35.238315
- Altitude 581.0m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2021 08:32 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Leptocneria reducta Scientific name
- White Cedar Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 807.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Lymantria aurivillii
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