Orgyia anartoides

Painted Apple Moth at O'Connor, ACT

Orgyia anartoides at O'Connor, ACT - 6 Apr 2021
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Identification history

Orgyia anartoides 14 Apr 2021 ibaird
Orgyia anartoides 14 Apr 2021 donhe
Lymantriinae (subfamily) 14 Apr 2021 ibaird
Acyphas (genus) 13 Apr 2021 SuziBond
Unidentified 6 Apr 2021 NedJohnston

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2 comments

donhe wrote:
   14 Apr 2021
As far as I know, a photo of the larva of only 1 out of the 6 named Australian Acyphas species has been published, and it does not look like this. I agree the 2 reddish glands on the penultimate segments suggest Lymantriinae. But this does not resemble in pattern and colour any of those in the photos 28 Lymantriinae species published in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/lyma-cats.html
so is probably one of the 50+ other Australian species in that family.
I do hope you can rear it in protective custody to get an adult moth, Ned, to have a better chance at identifying the species. We do need more identifiable caterpillars.
donhe wrote:
   14 Apr 2021
AH now I think I see a dark anal tuft, and 4 foreshortened dorsal tufts, and one (of a pair) dark diagonal tuft by the head. I wish we had a lateral view.

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