Culama australis

Culama australis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in most of Australia, except Tasmania.

Culama australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Culama
Species:
C. australis
Binomial name
Culama australis
Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Cossus rhytiphorus Lower, 1893
  • Culama rhytiphorus
  • Culama mesogeia Turner, 1932

The wingspan is 51–56 mm for males and 59–66 mm for females.[2] Adults have grey wings, with dark lines across each forewing. At rest, they wrap their wings around their body.[3]

The larvae bore under the bark of Eucalyptus species.[3]

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Kallies, Axel; Hilton, Douglas J. (5 September 2012). "Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)". Zootaxa. 3454 (1): 1–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3454.1. Abstract: .
  3. "Culama australis". Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2011.



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