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Family
Lymantriidae
- This page contains information and pictures about White Tussock Moths that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Male, wingspan 30mm
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- This moth is creamy white in colour with a yellow abdomen. Head and legs
are covered with white hairs.
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 - Female
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- From reference information, the caterpillars and cocoons
have been found on grass, but still not very sure their food-plants.
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 - Male
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- The male has the very large bipectinate antennae.
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- Above pictures were taken on Sep and Dec 2005.
- Reference:
- 1. Laelia obsoleta (Fabricius, 1775)
- Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008.
- 2. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p428, fig43.3.
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