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Identification history
| Endoxyla lituratus | 4 Feb 2026 | ibaird | ||
| Endoxyla (genus) | 4 Feb 2026 | ibaird | ||
| Endoxyla cinereas | 3 Feb 2026 | AmeliaKlaasens |
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ibaird
wrote:
4 Feb 2026
The Giant Wood Moth (E. cinereas) has not been recorded from Tasmania. I'm suggesting E. literatus (recorded extensively in TAS) but I;m not sure of the specie. A female?
https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmanialepidoptera/superfamily-cossoidea/cossidae-wood-moths/genus-endoxyla/
https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmanialepidoptera/superfamily-cossoidea/cossidae-wood-moths/genus-endoxyla/
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- AmeliaKlaasens Recorded by
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AmeliaKlaasens NatureMapr Latest Wood moths (Cossidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- The moth was on a little grey stone wall and was being attacked by a colony of ants but for some reason couldn’t fly away. It was flapping its wings which is how we noticed it Associated plant
- An ant colony was trying to eat it alive Associated animal
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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