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Epstein and Y-C. Lin 16.8.2 Life histories and morphological notes Many Australian limacodid larvae remain unknown (Cook et al., 2025), including some genera and many species. The best-known genus is un- doubtedly Doratifera for which larvae are known from seven species. Less well known are Comana and Eloasa with larvae known for nine of 12 species in each case.<\/p>\n

There are no larval records for Anepopsia (2 sp.), Apodecta (1 sp.), Comanula (1 sp.), Ecnomoctena (3 sp.), Elassoptila (1 sp.), Hydroclada (1 sp.), Hypselolopha (1 sp.), Limaco- chara (1 sp.), Mambara (1 sp.), Pygmaeomorpha (5 sp.), Squamosa barymorpha (1 sp.) or Para- soidea (3 sp.). Larvae are unknown or only poor- ly known for about 60% of the Australian fauna.<\/p>\n

16.8.2.1 Doratifera Doratifera spp. have striking, gregarious larvae which, together with their numerous, clustered cocoons, make them Australia\u2019s best known li- macodids. The nature of the first instars of any of its nine species globally has only recently been documented: for D. pinguis (Yu-Chi Lin, personal observation; Fig. 16.7) and D. stenora by Larney Grenfell (Fig. 16.4F). First instars of each have a single spined tubercle like those found in Pseudan- apaea transvestita (Fig. 16.4J) and Eloasa callides- ma (Figs 16.4M\u2013N). D. quadriguttata larvae in the ANIC collection are mislabelled as first instars, having typically the appearance of other second instar Eucleini by virtue of their heavily spined dorsum (see Fig.<\/p>\n

16.4I). Six of seven species of Doratifera found in Australia feed on \u00adEucalyptus. The genus is also reported on other Myrtaceae, including D. vulnerans on Angophora and Mela- leuca (Zborowski and Edwards, 2007). Common (1990) noted that Doratifera has two combinations of segments with spiny D scoli held to the body in repose (= appressed) and which spring into action when disturbed (Figs 16.3K\u2013L).<\/p>\n

These special scoli occur on two or four segments: T3 and A1 only, or on A6 and A7 in addition to the first two. In most late instar Do- ratifera the subdorsal (SD) row consists of scoli of roughly the same length except for the longer terminal pair on A9.<\/p>\n

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Ltd, Amersham Contents Contributors xvii Preface xxi Acknowledgements xxiii Foreword by Scott E. Miller\b xxv 1 Moths and the Australian Fauna\b 1 Roger L. Kitching 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The Australian Fauna 3 1.3 The Book in Hand 6 1.4 Conclusion 7 References 7 PART 1: HISTORY, EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY 2 The History of Moth Study in Australia 9 Beverley M. Kitching and Roger L.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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