Uraba lugens
1 Gumleaf Skeletonizer at Undefined Area
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| Uraba lugens | donhe | 23 Mar 2023 | |
| Uraba lugens | CathB | 9 Mar 2023 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 26 Feb 2023 |
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I have no idea what this is, but I have seen them on a number of occasions. Always a single one sitting on what looks like a spider egg sac on a grass stalk, although they don't otherwise look very spider like. They are tiny - only about 1 mm. The last picture is a different individual from the others.
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9 Mar 2023
I can see a single head capsule on each cocoon, not a stack such as U. lugens produces. Also U. lugens feeds on Myrtaceae, not Poaceae. But of the Nolidae, only Nolinae have black hairy collars, so I think this is a Nolinae species. Of the 75 named Australian Nolinae species, I only know the food plant of 6 species, but sadly none of these feed on Poaceae.
23 Mar 2023
I have added photos of the moth that hatched out of this cocoon. I have seen many of these cocoons and they have only ever had one head capsule. They are usually, but not always, on grass stalks, but there are plenty of eucalypts around that they could have been feeding on.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074275-35.267268
- Altitude 557.8m
- Maps Mount Painter
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2023 02:23 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Uraba lugens Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Uraba lugens Scientific name
- Gumleaf Skeletonizer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1469.8m Recorded at altitude
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