Culama australis

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

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

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

^ Australian Faunal Directory
^ 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: [1].
^ ^a ^b "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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[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: [1].

[butterflyhouse-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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