Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
caterpillar or pupa or cocoon at Braddon, ACT
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| Hypertrophidae (family) | WendyEM | 10 Oct 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | ibaird | 9 Oct 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | Hejor1 | 9 Oct 2025 |
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collected on a leaf with hypertrophidae shelters, but this one isnt intetested in the shelters at all
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10 Oct 2025
I raised one looking very like this whose shelter was a totally frass? covered and enclosed (not 'bead work' on an open weave shelter like some we have seen lately) so my fella had a brown covering ('tent') on part of the leaf it was eating
Location information
- Coordinates 149.134747-35.261331
- Altitude 574.4m
- Maps City Renewal Authority Area
- Places Braddon, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Oct 2025 06:53 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE Scientific name
- caterpillar or pupa or cocoon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1191m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Lepidoptera sp.
Record quality
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