Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 6 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Dec 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
I'm posting this out of scientific interest. I'm beginning t think that a number of case moths identified as different species may in fact be the same but their cases differ due to foliage available. I've posted two sightings from Gungahlin: the latest https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4239380 There were hundreds of cases so I brought a number home. Some I still have inside but I release a couple onto a grevillea outside. This is what the largest of the released moths now looks like - now looking more spiky than leafy. They now look quite different to the leafy versions I brought home.
1 comment
donhe
wrote:
11 Dec 2019
Probably Hylalarcta huebneri, which seems happy to stick anything available on, and attaches things near (but not at) the head end of the case so that they hang down over the rest of the case, like this specimen. I had fun with one of mine giving it bits of coloured foil which it duly attached.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029465-35.238277
- Altitude 598.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2019 05:57 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae)
Additional information
- Grevillea Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
- Unidentified case moth or bagworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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