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Endoxyla (genus)

1 Unknown Wood Moth at Cook, ACT

Endoxyla (genus) at Cook, ACT - 31 Dec 2021
Endoxyla (genus) at Cook, ACT - 31 Dec 2021
Endoxyla (genus) at Cook, ACT - 31 Dec 2021
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Identification history

Endoxyla (genus) 1 Jan 2022 donhe
Endoxyla (genus) 1 Jan 2022 ibaird
Unidentified 31 Dec 2021 NickiTaws

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Large moth with enlarged abdomen. Wings short, not reaching past end of abdomen, and not lying flat, seeming like they're not stretched out.

2 comments

ibaird wrote:
   31 Dec 2021
Looks like it may be a moth just emerged, pumping up and stretching its wings. If so, difficult to identify because it may not have yet reached its full adult form. Have you any later photos? May be in the Cossidae family (Wood Moths).
ibaird wrote:
   31 Dec 2021
likely a female. Markings on the forewing in the third side-on photo are suggestive of Endoxyla leucomochlos or E. mackeri.

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Melithreptus brevirostris (Brown-headed Honeyeater) at Cook, ACT - 19 Apr 2023 by Tammy
Heteronympha paradelpha (Spotted Brown) at Cook, ACT - 10 Feb 2023 by Tammy
Nacaduba biocellata (Two-spotted Line-Blue) at Cook, ACT - 26 Jan 2023 by Tammy
Nymphes myrmeleonoides (Blue eyes lacewing) at Cook, ACT - 14 Jan 2023 by Tammy
Megachile (Hackeriapis) oblonga (A Megachild bee) at Cook, ACT - 7 Jan 2023 by Tammy
Agonis flexuosa (Western Australian Peppermint) at Cook, ACT - 10 Dec 2022 by Tammy
Oxycanus dirempta (Variable Oxycanus) at Cook, ACT - 11 May 2022 by MattFox
Orthodera ministralis (Green Mantid) at Cook, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 by dwise
Ptilogyna sp. (genus) (A crane fly) at Cook, ACT - 25 Mar 2022 by Tammy
Leioproctus sp. (genus) (Plaster bee) at Cook, ACT - 5 Feb 2022 by Tammy
Papilio anactus (Dainty Swallowtail) at Cook, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by Tammy
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) (Resin Bees) at Cook, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by Tammy
Heteronympha paradelpha (Spotted Brown) at Cook, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by Tammy
Cosmodes elegans (Green Blotched Moth) at Cook, ACT - 31 Dec 2021 by NickiTaws
Luzula densiflora (Dense Wood-rush) at Cook, ACT - 27 Aug 2021 by MattFox
Badumna sp. (genus) (Lattice-web spider) at Cook, ACT - 1 Jun 2021 by MattFox
Austrogymnocnemia bipunctata (Antlion) at Cook, ACT - 15 Mar 2021 by MattFox
Morethia boulengeri (Boulenger's Skink) at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Miltinus sp. (genus) (Miltinus mydas fly) at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Megachile sp. (several subgenera) (Resin Bees) at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Amphibolia (Amphibolia) ignorata (A bristle fly) at Cook, ACT - 15 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Cook, ACT - 15 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Scaptia sp. (genus) (March fly) at Cook, ACT - 14 Dec 2020 by Tammy
Tharpyna diademata (A crab spider) at Cook, ACT - 23 Oct 2020 by MattFox
Zoothera lunulata (Bassian Thrush) at Cook, ACT - 12 Apr 2020 by NickiTaws
Adversaeschna brevistyla (Blue-spotted Hawker) at Cook, ACT - 28 Oct 2019 by NickiTaws
Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Cook, ACT - 15 Dec 2018 by NickiTaws
Phaneropterinae (subfamily) (Leaf Katydid, Bush Katydid) at Cook, ACT - 15 Dec 2018 by NickiTaws
Dendroaeschna conspersa (Wide-faced Darner) at Cook, ACT - 24 Mar 2018 by EmilyS

Location information

Species information

  • Endoxyla (genus) Scientific name
  • Unknown Wood Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 31 Dec 2021 01:43 PM Recorded on
  • NickiTaws Recorded by

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  • Acacia mearnsii Associated plant
  • 50mm or larger Animal size

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