Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Douglas, QLD
Identification history
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 29 May 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 29 May 2025 | donhe | ||
| Lepidoscia (genus) IMMATURE | 28 May 2025 | Hejor1 |
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4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
28 May 2025
Metura phyllosacca? See:-
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/phyllosacca.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/phyllosacca.html
donhe
wrote:
29 May 2025
This appears to cover the case with pieces of bark, not leaf like M. phyllosaca,
Hejor1
wrote:
30 May 2025
@donhe I think they were bits of leaf, just very dry eucalyptus leaves. The middle vein of the leaf is visible in the last photo, top most leaf, running down right hand side (vertically oriented in the photo)
donhe
wrote:
30 May 2025
Not convincing. It needs to be reared in captivity to get an adult male moth to get a secure determination of the species.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.763886-19.323739
- Altitude 24.4m
- Places Douglas, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 May 2025 05:51 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Collections
Hejor1 NatureMapr Psychidae (family) IMMATURE Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Psychidae sp.
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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