Conoeca guildingi
A case moth at Hawker, ACT
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| Conoeca guildingi | ibaird | 21 Sep 2021 | |
| Conoeca guildingi | donhe | 20 Sep 2021 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 20 Sep 2021 |
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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.
2 comments
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.038150-35.244392
- Altitude 642.1m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Sep 2021 10:59 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Conoeca guildingi Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Conoeca guildingi Scientific name
- A case moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2888.9m Recorded at altitude
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