Culama australis

Culama australis
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]

Culama australis is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is known from South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria and Tasmania.

Adults have grey wings, with dark lines across each forewing. At rest, they wrap their wings around their body.[2]

The larvae bore under the bark of Eucalyptus species.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
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