Psychidae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	1 May 2022	GlennCocking
Lepidoscia (genus) ADULT MOTH	27 Dec 2021	donhe
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	26 Dec 2021	ibaird
Unverified	26 Dec 2021	SWishart

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User's notes

The case was around 4 cm, maybe certainly not very large. Caterpillar was pretty energetic except when I placed it (gently) on the track for a better photo at which point it refused to come out until I put it back in the grass.

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donhe wrote:

27 Dec 2021

Larval pattern on the head and thorax resembles that of
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychae.html

donhe wrote:

27 Dec 2021

Hope you can rear it to the adult to identify the species. Could you tell what it was eating?

SWishart wrote:

27 Dec 2021

Sorry, it was on the stockyard spur management trail off Mt Franklin Road in the Brindabellas so we left it where we found it. The trail is quite grassy between the wheel tracks around there possibly poa but I'm not sure.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.787577 -35.553747
Altitude 1694.5m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
17 Dec 2021 01:06 PM Recorded on
SWishart Recorded by
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SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
External link More information
Synonyms
Psychidae sp.

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