Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
For an introduction to Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae), see:
Family Pyralidae
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyra-moths.html
Family Crambidae
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/crambidae/crambidae.html
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WendyEM
wrote:
Yesterday
wing and head shape is close to Meyrickiella homosema
Phycitinae (subfamily)
DianneClarke
wrote:
Yesterday
That is what the AI in iNat also suggestes.
Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies
WendyEM
wrote:
Yesterday
OK, I have now found this in Caterpillars, Moths and their plants of southeastern Australia by Peter McQuillan, Jan Forrest, David Keane & Roger Grund. 2019 Publ. Butterfly Conservation South Australia p. 79 They raised Salma pyrastis from a caterpillar looking the same as this. Food plants were recorded as 2 Eucalyptus sp
Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies
donhe
wrote:
1 Feb 2025
I think that probably the caterpillars of a lot of Epipaschiinae look like this. So few have been reared. Hope you can rear it to confirm it.
Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies
DianneClarke
wrote:
1 Feb 2025
Thanks Wendy - that looks like it and there are a lot of the moths around at the moment.
Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies
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