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Limacodidae |
Cup Moths. The adults are stout bodied while the larvae are stout and slug-like, without abdominal prolegs, and often with stinging hairs. Some species defoliate eucalypts. The pupa is enclosed in a stiff, oval cocoon. [70 Aust. species] |
References:
Thanks to Dr. Alexander Schintlmeister, Dresden, for assistance with identifications.
Insects of Australia (Chapter 41: Lepidoptera)
E.S. Nielson and I.F.B. Common
CSIRO, Division of Entomology
1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.
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Moths of Australia
Ian F.B. Common
Melbourne University Press, 1990
Page 301