Australian COSSIDAE

COSSIDAE of Australia
COSSOIDEA
Wijuti, Witchety, or Witchetty Grubs,
Goat Moths, Carpenter Moths, Wood Moths,

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

COSSIDAE

eggs

COSSIDAE

caterpillars

COSSIDAE

pupae

COSSIDAE

moths

COSSIDAE

undersides

COSSIDAE

forewings

The COSSIDAE include many species with large Caterpillars and moths up to 17 cms in wingspan. Many of the Caterpillars have an unpleasant smell: hence their name Goat Moths. Most of the Caterpillars are borers in trees, hence their other names. The Witchetty (Wijuti) Grub is generally the Caterpillar of Endoxyla leucomochla.

The Caterpillars may take up to three years to mature, and pupate within their tunnels.

The moths have long narrow wings, like those of Hawk moths, and are mostly grey.

The 97 named Australian members of COSSIDAE are:

Archaeoses magicosema
Archaeoses pentasema
Archaeoses polygrapha

Brephomorpha cineraria

Brevicyttara cyclospila

Catoxophylla cyanauges

Charmoses dumigani

Cossodes lyonetii

Culama alpina

Culama anthracica
Culama australis
Culama crepera

Culama dasythrix
Culama glauca
Culama suffusca

Duomitus ceramica

Endoxyla acontucha
Endoxyla affinis
Endoxyla amphiplecta

Endoxyla angasii

Endoxyla arachnophora

Endoxyla biarpiti
Endoxyla bipustulatus
Endoxyla cinereus : Giant Wood Moth

Endoxyla columbina

Endoxyla coscinopa
Endoxyla coscinophanes
Endoxyla decoratus
Endoxyla dictyoschema

Endoxyla didymoplaca

Endoxyla dupontchelii
Endoxyla edwardsorum
Endoxyla encalypti : Wattle Goat Moth

Endoxyla episticha

Endoxyla eremonoma

Endoxyla eumitra

Endoxyla euplecta

Endoxyla euryphaea

Endoxyla grisea

Endoxyla houlberti

Endoxyla interlucens
Endoxyla leucomochla : Wijuti Grub
Endoxyla lichenea
Endoxyla lituratus : Wattle Goat Moth
Endoxyla mackeri
Endoxyla macleayi