A Scale Moth at Bruce Ridge
Identification history
| Mataeomera (genus) | 29 Mar 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Mataeomera (genus) | 27 Mar 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Mar 2024 | ConBoekel |
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5 comments
donhe
wrote:
26 Mar 2024
I think that is a camouflaged cocoon of a moth species, but not of Psychidae which have a clear axis of cylindrical or conical symmetry, nor Butterflies which have a naked pupa, nor many moth families which have naked cocoon (eg. Limacodidae) or attach it smoothly to a stem (Nolidae) nor bury it underground (eg. Geometridae) or between leaves of the foodplant (eg. Lasiocampidae).
donhe
wrote:
26 Mar 2024
ConBoekel
wrote:
26 Mar 2024
Don the only three things I can add are:
1. It was proximate to fresh herbivory on a leaf but I did not actually see it feeding.
2. There were several on the same small euc.
3. It was mobile.
1. It was proximate to fresh herbivory on a leaf but I did not actually see it feeding.
2. There were several on the same small euc.
3. It was mobile.
RogerF
wrote:
27 Mar 2024
The larva feeds on eriococcid scales and is not herbivorous. One of the few predaceous Leps. The case is constructed of scale tests.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109287-35.256817
- Altitude 611.5m
- Maps Bruce Ridge
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2024 11:11 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Mataeomera (genus) Scientific name
- A Scale Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 658.56m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Catoblemma sp. (genus)
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