Endoxyla (genus)

2 Unknown Wood Moth at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Endoxyla (genus)	22 Mar 2025	DiBickers
Endoxyla (genus)	14 Jan 2023	ibaird
Abantiades magnificus	6 Jan 2023	RWPurdie

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User's notes

It's body was 10 cm long and as thick as my thumb. I think it had just hatched out and its wings not yet stretched, but that's a guess, along with the name.

4 comments

donhe wrote:

6 Jan 2023

I wonder if this is a flightless female of Endoxyla amphiplecta (Cossidae)?

ibaird wrote:

6 Jan 2023

Yes, looking on the ALA you may well be correct.

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Jan 2023

How about an incompletely expanded E. encalypti?

donhe wrote:

14 Jan 2023

I think the wing pattern is looking too simple for E. encalypti. E. secta has a simpler pattern (dark and light speckles separated by a dark line)?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.109377 -35.279680
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Jan 2023 05:22 PM Recorded on
RWPurdie Recorded by
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RWPurdie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Wood moths (Cossidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

Climbing up trunk of an old Acacia implexa plant. Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Endoxyla (genus) Scientific name
Unknown Wood Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 702.81m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania