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Family Cossidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Wattle Goat Moths that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - 160mm wingspan, Endoxyla affinis (Xyleutes affinis),
Zeuzerinae
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The moths have long narrow wings, like those of Hawk
moths, and are mostly dark grey in colour. There are the dark patch on
forewings and dark lines on each side of thorax.
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- Pictures taken near Bulimba Creek in Wishart bushland on Nov 2008.
The moth was resting on a large fig tree trunk. The right forewing was
damaged and the moth seemed not like to move very much. When disturbed, it
drop onto the ground and played
dead. It walked back onto the tree trunk a minute later.
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- The Caterpillars are borers in wattle trees
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia
- I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p267.
- 2. Endoxyla
encalypti - Australian Moths Online, CSIRO Entomology, 2004.
- 3. COSSIDAE
of Australia - by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley,
2008.
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