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Conoeca guildingi

A case moth at Hawker, ACT

Conoeca guildingi at Hawker, ACT - 1 Sep 2021
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Identification history

Conoeca guildingi 21 Sep 2021 ibaird
Conoeca guildingi 20 Sep 2021 donhe
Unidentified 20 Sep 2021 AlisonMilton

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A new location for this moth. Strange I hadn't noticed it before this year but am now seeing it everywhere. Still trying to raise one to adulthood but still struggling with what it is eating.

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donhe wrote:
   20 Sep 2021
If it is C. guildingi, it could feed on Juncaceae, although it's environment in this photo suggests Algae.
   21 Sep 2021
Yes, I think algae is correct. I've only ever found them on the trunks of quite tall eucalypt trees with no low leaves. I don't know my eucalypts but the trunks are always white(ish) and the same trees on which I find two-tailed spiders.

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Corcorax melanorhamphos (White-winged Chough) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Jan 2023 by AlisonMilton
Eurymeloides minuta (Gumtree leafhopper) at Hawker, ACT - 7 Dec 2022 by AlisonMilton
Heliothinae (subfamily) (Budworm) at Hawker, ACT - 27 Jan 2022 by AlisonMilton
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked Echidna) at Hawker, ACT - 5 Dec 2021 by AlisonMilton
Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant) at Hawker, ACT - 19 Oct 2021 by AlisonMilton
Euryopis splendens (Splendid tick spider) at Hawker, ACT - 1 Sep 2021 by AlisonMilton
Tamopsis sp. (genus) (Two-tailed spider) at Hawker, ACT - 1 Sep 2021 by AlisonMilton
Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis) at Hawker, ACT - 11 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
zz agaric (stem; gills not white/cream) at Hawker, ACT - 10 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Tamopsis sp. (genus) (Two-tailed spider) at Hawker, ACT - 10 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE (Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths) at Hawker, ACT - 25 Dec 2020 by AlisonMilton
Ixodoidea sp. (superfamily) (Tick) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Euryopis splendens (Splendid tick spider) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Cerdistus sp. (genus) (Yellow Slender Robber Fly) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Tamopsis sp. (genus) (Two-tailed spider) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Podomyrma sp. (genus) (Muscleman Tree Ant) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Stenocotis depressa (Leafhopper) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Eriococcidae sp. on Eucalyptus blakelyi (Felted scale on Eucalyptus blakelyi) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Euryopis umbilicata (Striped tick spider) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Theridiidae sp. (family) (Comb-footed spider) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Miridae (family) (Unidentified plant bug) at Hawker, ACT - 20 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Rainbowia sp. (genus) (A mite) at Hawker, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 by AlisonMilton
Clubiona sp. (genus) (Unidentified Stout Sac Spider) at Hawker, ACT - 12 Sep 2020 by AlisonMilton
Bdellidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Snout Mite) at Hawker, ACT - 12 Sep 2020 by AlisonMilton
Euryopis umbilicata (Striped tick spider) at Hawker, ACT - 12 Sep 2020 by AlisonMilton
Agaricus sp. (Agaricus) at Hawker, ACT - 15 Feb 2020 by Alison Milton
Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis) at Hawker, ACT - 28 Feb 2019 by Alison Milton
Eolophus roseicapillus (Galah) at Hawker, ACT - 28 Feb 2019 by Alison Milton

Location information

Species information

  • Conoeca guildingi Scientific name
  • A case moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Sep 2021 10:59 AM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by

Additional information

  • Eucalyptus Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Larvae Breeding behaviour

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