Clania lewinii

Lewin's case moth at Dryandra St Woodland

Clania lewinii at Dryandra St Woodland - 7 Feb 2024
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Clania lewinii 7 Feb 2024 ibaird
Clania lewinii 7 Feb 2024 donhe
Clania ignobilis 7 Feb 2024 DianneClarke

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5 comments

donhe wrote:
   7 Feb 2024
No long stick.
DianneClarke wrote:
   7 Feb 2024
Thanks for the clarification Don
DianneClarke wrote:
   11 Jul 2024
@donhe I posted this one on iNat and have been given an alternate suggestion of Genus Psychanisa, a member of Bagworm Moths Family Psychidae
Characteristic by the fine twigs used, compared with the two Clania species in this region which both use broader twigs

Your thoughts?
donhe wrote:
   11 Jul 2024
There is a case moth with more and thinner sticks than C. lewinii, see
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychaz.html
That that is a Psychanisa species is news to me. Has someone successfully reared it?
I think on balance this is more likely C. lewinii,
but rear it and prove me wrong.
DianneClarke wrote:
   18 Jul 2024
I haven't raised one but Ethan said he has and that there are "quite a few" exammples of the moth and cases in ANIC

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