A case moth at Fraser, ACT
Identification history
| Conoeca guildingi | 14 Feb 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Conoeca guildingi | 14 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton |
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9 comments
donhe
wrote:
14 Feb 2023
I agree likely C. guildingi. Can you rear it to get the moth for confirmation?
AlisonMilton
wrote:
14 Feb 2023
I have one in custody. Not sure if it was this one or the one I found in Spence. I didn't have any luck rearing them last year.
donhe
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
In a stable population, and a female lays 'n' eggs, then on average only 2 will reach maturity and lay eggs next year. So if n=200, that;s a 99% mortality, i.e. most caterpillars don't make it, due to infections from viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitoids, and predators. Protective custody improves the odds, but they may well have caught something before they were collected. But itis worth a go, otherwise we will never know what turns into what.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
I just don't know what to feed it because they are always on the trunk of trees, nowhere near any leaves. Last year I tried adding bits of barks from the trees on which I found them, but with no success. Will try again.
ConBoekel
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
I have seen something similar to this case moth on Cherry Ballart and on Cassinnia sp.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
I've only seen them on Eucalypts with white trunks and always on the trunk.
donhe
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
Maybe they are just more conspicuous there. Maybe they dine elsewhere. Anyway, try gauging out some white gum bark for 4470335 to nibble?
AlisonMilton
wrote:
15 Feb 2023
I placed it in a container with some insects found on the trunk of a similar tree that I can't decide if they are beetle or leaf hopper larvae. This afternoon added a peice of bark with lichen and some gum leaves, just in case. The cone moth has now attached itself to the gum leaves, so who knows. Will keep observing with interest and keep adding both bark and leaves. Would be a long journey up and back to the gum leaves each night but...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.047500-35.188745
- Altitude 619.0m
- Places Fraser, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2023 10:48 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Conoeca guildingi Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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