Cup Moth at Kalaru, NSW
Identification history
| Doratifera (genus) | 8 Aug 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Doratifera oxleyi | 8 Aug 2019 | DavidL.Jones |
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User's notes
Empty cocoon of Cup Moth (family Limacodidae) on small eucalypt stem. Probably of a species of Doratifera. A circular lid is cut from the cocoon by the adult moth when it emerges after pupation.
4 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
9 Aug 2019
Yes, certainly it's a Limacodidae, but how did you choose the species?
DavidL.Jones
wrote:
9 Aug 2019
Its the only species that comes up in the list which is a limitation. I qualified that in my notes by saying probably a species of Doratifera since they are common around here in some years.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.927283-36.737169
- Places Kalaru, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2013 03:51 PM Recorded on
- DavidL.Jones Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths DavidL.Jones South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Doratifera (genus) Scientific name
- Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 658.86m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
