Hyalarcta nigrescens
Ribbed Case Moth at Mount Mugga Mugga
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| Hyalarcta nigrescens | donhe | 23 May 2024 | |
| Hyalarcta nigrescens | Mike | 23 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 23 May 2024 |
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3 comments
23 May 2024
I was sure you were going to ask me to collect it. It wasn't until i got home I found it was one of the seven percent of known larvae. Will it be safer in custody or should I return it to the wild?
24 May 2024
If you look at the LBH website for this species, you will see we need better photos of the larva and the female. Please can you cut the case open (carefully) and photograph the the larva,( lateral and dorsal and ventral views)l and rear it to try and get a female to photogrsph and maybe some eggs ?
27 May 2024
The case had not moved in four days so I cut it open as suggested. Not what I expected. There was a dead hylarcta and a white larva about a cm long. I assume it is a parasitoid fly or wasp larva. If it survives the trauma of being exposed and matures, I will make it another sighting.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.132675-35.352891
- Altitude 701.7m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 May 2024 09:48 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hyalarcta nigrescens Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Hyalarcta nigrescens Scientific name
- Ribbed Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.99m Recorded at altitude
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