Iropoca rotundata

Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT

Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
Iropoca rotundata at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
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Identification history

Iropoca rotundata 1 Feb 2026 ibaird
Iropoca rotundata 29 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Calliteara pura 19 Jan 2026 ibaird
Calliteara pura 16 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Lymantriinae (subfamily) 16 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Unverified 16 Jan 2026 AlisonMilton

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AlisonMilton wrote:
   29 Jan 2026
@ibaird @WendyEM An update on this sighting. The caterpillar pupated and has just emerged. Strangely, the emerged moth looks wingless. A wingless female? Don's web site indicates this might in fact be Iropoca rotundata (https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/rotundata.html)
WendyEM wrote:
   29 Jan 2026
Well done. It looks like that could be who it is. This shows why Don always urged people to try to raise larvae through to the moth.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   29 Jan 2026
@WendyEM As it is a wingless female, should I release it back where I found it or will it just get eaten by birds?
WendyEM wrote:
   29 Jan 2026
Presumably she releases pheromones so males can find her. Foodplant is Eucalyptus sp. So if you can put her out after dark, with her coccoon on which she lays her eggs, on a Gum tree she may well get to breed.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
@WendyEM Thanks Wendy. Just what I was thinking. I'll take her back tonight and let nature take it's course. It's only five minutes down the road from my place.
DianneClarke wrote:
   31 Jan 2026
These are photos of cocoon and larvae of a Calliteara pura that I raised in Qld
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145959944
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103596252
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110360051
AlisonMilton wrote:
   31 Jan 2026
@DianneClarke @WendyEM The larvae looks different to the one I found
ibaird wrote:
   1 Feb 2026
Yes the larvae are apparently different siggesting I rotundata.
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/rotundata.html

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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