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
Synonyms
	Cossus rhytiphorus Lower, 1893; Culama rhytiphorus; Culama mesogeia Turner, 1932;

Culama australis is a moth of the Cossidae family. 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.

References

^ Australian Faunal Directory^{[dead link]}
^ Kallies, A. & Hilton, D.J., 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: [1].
^ "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory^{[dead link]}

[2] Kallies, A. & Hilton, D.J., 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: [1].

[3] "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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