Trigonocyttara clandestina

Less-stick Case Moth at Hawker, ACT

Trigonocyttara clandestina at Hawker, ACT - 30 Jan 2021
Trigonocyttara clandestina at Hawker, ACT - 30 Jan 2021
Trigonocyttara clandestina at Hawker, ACT - 30 Jan 2021
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Identification history

Trigonocyttara clandestina 23 Feb 2021 ibaird
Trigonocyttara clandestina 10 Feb 2021 GlennCocking
Lepidoscia irrorea 31 Jan 2021 donhe
Unidentified 31 Jan 2021 AlisonMilton

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Raised this case moth to adulthood. Can't find a similar case on CNM.

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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
AlisonMilton wrote:
   31 Jan 2021
Thanks, it does look similar
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
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 ?
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?
GlennCocking wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
It's a bit battered, but I'm pretty sure it's Trigonocytarra clandestina.

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