Doratifera oxleyi
Painted Cup Moth at Carwoola, NSW
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| Doratifera oxleyi | ibaird | 31 Jan 2025 | |
| Doratifera oxleyi | donhe | 15 Jan 2025 | |
| Limacodidae (family) | donhe | 15 Jan 2025 | |
| Pseudanapaea (genus) | clarehoneydove | 15 Jan 2025 |
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3 comments
15 Jan 2025
This certainly lokks like the larva of a Limacodidae species, but it does not resemble any of the larvae of the 20 Limacocidae species illustrated at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lima/lima-cats.html
It does not resemble the Pseudanapaea larvae shown there, as those larvae have no stinging spines.
It is probably the larva of one of the other 96 Australian Limacdidae species.
@clarehoneydove : I do hope you can rear it in protective custody to get an adult moth to ID the species.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lima/lima-cats.html
It does not resemble the Pseudanapaea larvae shown there, as those larvae have no stinging spines.
It is probably the larva of one of the other 96 Australian Limacdidae species.
@clarehoneydove : I do hope you can rear it in protective custody to get an adult moth to ID the species.
15 Jan 2025
On second thoughts, the thoracic shield does look like that of Doratifera oxleyi, which does have variable colours. I am thinking now that this is D oxleyi.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.308432-35.360572
- Altitude 795.0m
- Maps Stony Creek Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2025 03:35 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
- Eucalypt Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Doratifera oxleyi Scientific name
- Painted Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869.6m Recorded at altitude
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