Anthela nicothoe
Urticating Anthelid at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Anthela nicothoe | donhe | 9 Apr 2025 | |
| Anthelidae (family) | WendyEM | 9 Apr 2025 | |
| Anthelidae (family) | ibaird | 9 Apr 2025 | |
| Anthela nicothoe | WendyEM | 8 Apr 2025 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 17 Nov 2024 |
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3 comments
9 Apr 2025
@WendyEM : These are less blended in to the substrate than that in David's photo on LBH
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/anth/nicothoe.html Have you reared ones looking like this?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/anth/nicothoe.html Have you reared ones looking like this?
9 Apr 2025
I imagine how embedded into the substrate they are depends on the substrate - smooth (these) v fibrous (David's on your site). They (empty cocoons) remain for years and detach with time. Is their another hairy species that builds these urticating cocoons under bark on food trees, adjacent trees and other wood etc ? The pointed ends suggests this sp. I have only once found similar cocoons that probable were not A nicothoe because they were probably 2x + the size of these. I am not certain what they were - they were long exited so no, I did not raise them.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Anthelid moths (Anthelidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Anthela nicothoe
Species information
- Anthela nicothoe Scientific name
- Urticating Anthelid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1455.57m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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