Sighting 4567699
Xyloryctidae (family)
Timber Moths at Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
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| Xyloryctidae (family) | ibaird | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| Xyloryctidae (family) | donhe | 20 Apr 2024 | |
| Cryptophasa (genus) | Hejor1 | 20 Apr 2024 |
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User's notes
No idea what it is - either a borer or something that got stuck in a bore. Eucalyptus.
1 comment
20 Apr 2024
Yes: a number of borers half eject their pupa from their borehole for the adult to emerge.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.270600-35.357372
- Altitude 764.5m
- Maps Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Apr 2024 07:42 AM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
Collections
- Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Xyloryctidae (family) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Xyloryctidae (family) Scientific name
- Timber Moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 764.5m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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