Sighting 4691857
Unidentified Twig Moth at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Hypertrophidae (family) | 2 Sep 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Hypertrophidae (family) | 31 Aug 2025 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 30 Aug 2025 | DianneClarke |
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User's notes
In custody and it now now seems to building some webbing inbetween 2 leaves.
5 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
30 Aug 2025
looking at the 'cubby' in your first picture, it could be a hypertrophid. In my experience they only take a month or so to pupate & emerge.
ibaird
wrote:
31 Aug 2025
A 'month' or two ) presume! (Says he who often peppers his comments with 'typos').
Location information
- Coordinates 149.205819-35.374425
- Maps Mount Jerrabomberra QP
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Aug 2025 04:23 PM Recorded on
- DianneClarke Recorded by
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DianneClarke NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Hypertrophidae sp. (family) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus polyanthemos Associated plant
- Found on the same leaf as Uraba lugens. Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Hypertrophidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Twig Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 757.61m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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