Endoxyla cinereus

3 Giant Wood Moth at Boro, NSW

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Identification history

Endoxyla cinereus	4 Mar 2023	ibaird
Endoxyla cinereus	4 Mar 2023	donhe
Scarabaeidae (family)	20 Jan 2022	MichaelBedingfield
Unverified	19 Jan 2022	mcleana

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in rotting timber

5 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

13 Jan 2023

@michaelb Michael, I did a Google image search. Could this possibly be Deanolis sublimbalis, Red-banded Mango caterpillar - a moth? There is one image of these in wood rather than mangoes.
https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Red-banded-mago-caterpillar-FS.pdf

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

13 Jan 2023

Maybe. Let's see what the moth people think.

AlisonMilton wrote:

13 Jan 2023

@ibaird @GlennCocking Hi, your opinion please on whether this may be a moth larvae. Thanks

donhe wrote:

4 Mar 2023

See http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/coss/coss-cats.html
although I suspect intermediate instars of a number of Cossid species do this white to red change, going through a stage of alternating red and white bands like those shown in
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=89495

donhe wrote:

4 Mar 2023

@mcleana : can you rear it in captivity to get an adult insect for a more secure determination?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.727006 -35.177269
Altitude 709.3m
Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Places Boro, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
12 Jan 2022 09:50 AM Recorded on
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Wood moths (Cossidae) mcleana Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Endoxyla cinereus

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Endoxyla cinereus Scientific name
Giant Wood Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 709.35m Recorded at altitude
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