Less-stick Case Moth at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Trigonocyttara clandestina | 23 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Trigonocyttara clandestina | 10 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Lepidoscia irrorea | 31 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 31 Jan 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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Raised this case moth to adulthood. Can't find a similar case on CNM.
6 comments
ibaird
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Interesting, but see this similar looking case photographed by Donald Hobern in 2014 on a Black Wattle( A. mearnsii) on Black mountain labelled 'Clania sp.' posted on the ALA:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/c3ad08e3-1c72-442f-8af0-a87eaaa08e5c
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/c3ad08e3-1c72-442f-8af0-a87eaaa08e5c
donhe
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
The moth looks nothing like the Clania sps moths on BOLD at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=72197
The mottling is very like that on several Lepidoscia sps on BOLD at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77367
and very like the drawings of Lepidoscia irrorea by Felder & Rogenhofer at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/umdieerdeindenja03akad/#page/388/mode/2up
in figures 39 and 40.
Also photos of Trigonocyttara clandestina
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8923d1d-2598-418a-8e97-c0e5635d0bd7
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=72197
The mottling is very like that on several Lepidoscia sps on BOLD at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77367
and very like the drawings of Lepidoscia irrorea by Felder & Rogenhofer at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/umdieerdeindenja03akad/#page/388/mode/2up
in figures 39 and 40.
Also photos of Trigonocyttara clandestina
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8923d1d-2598-418a-8e97-c0e5635d0bd7
donhe
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Alison: you photographed a similar case in CNM sighting 4240697, also included in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychaz.html
I cannot discern the antennae on your current photos.
are they thread-like or feathery ?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychaz.html
I cannot discern the antennae on your current photos.
are they thread-like or feathery ?
donhe
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Alison: have you got a photo showing the whole of the empty pupal case?
Also : On what plant was it feeding?
What is the length of the forewing?
Also : On what plant was it feeding?
What is the length of the forewing?
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
It's a bit battered, but I'm pretty sure it's Trigonocytarra clandestina.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.032822-35.252960
- Altitude 807.8m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2021 10:41 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trigonocyttara clandestina Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Trigonocyttara clandestina Scientific name
- Less-stick Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 813.69m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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