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 | New South Wales North Coast | Greater Melbourne | Greater Brisbane
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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 Glebe Park Goulburn Mulwaree Council Lake Burley Griffin West Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, TurnerPlaces
Acton, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Braddon, ACT Bungendore, NSW Curtin, ACT Downer, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Hughes, ACT Kambah, ACT Macarthur, ACT Melba, ACT Narrabundah, ACT Parkes, ACT Watson, ACT