Psychidae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified case moth or bagworm at Douglas, QLD

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Identification history

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	Yesterday	WendyEM
Psychidae (family) IMMATURE	Yesterday	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

donhe wrote:

Yesterday

This appears to cover the case with pieces of bark, not leaf like M. phyllosaca,

Hejor1 wrote:

11 hrs ago

@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:

6 hrs ago

Not convincing. It needs to be reared in captivity to get an adult male moth to get a secure determination of the species.

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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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Hejor1 NatureMapr Townsville Latest 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
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania