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Family Pyralidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Bird-dropping Pyralid Moths that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body
length 25mm
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- We found this moth outside our house a few times.
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- Pictures taken outside our house during mid summer. This moth is black and
white in colours, mimics
bird-dropping.
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- The Caterpillars live in a shelter of host plant leaves joined by silk.
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- Reference:
- 1. Orthaga seminivea (Warren, 1895) - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley.
- 2. Moths
- family Pyralidae - lifeunseen.com by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. A Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2007,
p127.
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