Feeds on many different plants and can become a minor pest. The tiny white nymphs (immatures) carry a vertical plume of waxy filaments on their rear ends and are called 'fluffybums'. The family is Ricaniidae.
Scolypopa australis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hunter Region | New South Wales North Coast | Hume | Greater Melbourne | Gippsland | Barwon South West | Greater Brisbane
Species page sighting lists are under redevelopment and will return very soon.
Maps
ANBG Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay City Renewal Authority Area Corroboree Park Dawson Street Gardens Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Genoplesium vernale target area Glebe Park Goulburn Mulwaree Council Katarina's garden Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Burley Griffin West MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden Mount Ainslie Mount Rogers Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, TurnerPlaces
Acton, ACT Ainslie, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Braddon, ACT Braidwood, NSW Bungendore, NSW Canberra, ACT Charleys Forest, NSW Chisholm, ACT Curtin, ACT Downer, ACT Florey, ACT Goulburn, NSW Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Hughes, ACT Isaacs, ACT Kambah, ACT Lyneham, ACT Macarthur, ACT Melba, ACT Narrabundah, ACT Parkes, ACT Torrens, ACT Wallaroo, NSW Wanniassa, ACT Watson, ACT Weston, ACT