Metura elongatus
Saunders' Case Moth at Higgins, ACT
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| Metura elongatus | ibaird | 9 Sep 2025 | |
| Metura elongatus | AlisonMilton | 9 Sep 2025 |
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10 comments
10 Sep 2025
@donhe Don, I'm about to go away for three weeks but if it is still there when I return I will take it into custody. I had Saunder's case moths on my Grevialea in the past and collected it. It took many months before the adult moth emerged.
10 Sep 2025
@AlisonMilton : if this is a young instar (which do have untidy cases), and it matures while you are away, and reforms its case to the tidy version, how will you know this is the same individual ?
10 Sep 2025
@donhe Don. This case is on a very small Eucalyptus tree. I doubt there will be another on the tree.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029208-35.237388
- Altitude 689.6m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Sep 2025 08:39 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Metura elongatus Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Metura elongatus Scientific name
- Saunders' Case Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.3m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Metura elongata Metura elongatus
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