Lepidoscia arctiella

Tower Case Moth at Downer, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

Lepidoscia arctiella	7 Oct 2021	ibaird
Lepidoscia arctiella	29 Aug 2021	donhe
Unverified	29 Aug 2021	NedJohnston

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

1 comment

donhe wrote:

29 Aug 2021

It would be good if you could take this into protective custody, and rear it to get an adult moth, for confirmation or otherwise of the suggested identity.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.103103 -35.271642
Altitude 656.0m
Maps Black Mountain
Places Downer, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Aug 2021 11:52 AM Recorded on
NedJohnston Recorded by
Collections
Insects Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Lepidoscia arctiella Scientific name
Tower Case Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 951m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

830,788 sightings of 22,879 species from 14,381 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy

NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania