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Mottled cup moth

Doratifera vulnerans

Davart il num: The scientific name Doratifera vulnerans means "bearer of gifts of wounds", which refers to the caterpillar's stinging spines.1

Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Rujas ed insects

Pails che piztganMangia: Plantas

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The mottled cup moth is a small Australian moth. Its caterpillar is the part to know about, because it has yellow stinging spines that release painful toxins when touched. The caterpillar's bright bands warn that it is dangerous.1

Viva en

Australia1

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

Females lay eggs in clusters on leaves, most often on Eucalyptus trees. They sometimes use other trees, including guava and apricot. The caterpillars feed on leaves and hang from trees in their cocoons.1

Lunghezza

2 cm fin 5 cm (0,8 in fin 2 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

The caterpillars feed on leaves, mainly Eucalyptus leaves, and sometimes on guava and apricot trees.1

Foto da Mottled cup moth — Mottled cup moth. Foto: unknown. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

The adult moth has a rust-coloured body and a white area around its antennae.1
Its two pairs of legs have white bands on the front pair.1
The forewings are shiny rust-coloured with silvery edges, and the hindwings are dull white.1
The caterpillar is only about 2 cm long, grey with many dark spots and streaks.1
Each side of the caterpillar has a clear yellow band lined with green, and it has spiny projections at both ends.1

Forza dal tissi

Pails che piztgan

Pitschens pails u spinas finas sa rumpan en la pel e piztgan.

Tge fa ses tissi?

The caterpillar's yellow needle-like spines contain a mixture of at least 151 toxins, which are proteins or protein-like substances. The spines cause pain and can induce severely inflamed swellings. The toxins are released when the spine tips break on contact.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Contact with the spines causes painful, severely inflamed swellings.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

The caterpillar raises up to eight projections, each with about a hundred stinging spines, but only when it is disturbed or agitated. Its banded colours warn predators that it is dangerous.1

Sche ti tutgas ses pails

Tar pails da rujas che piztgan: auza els davent cun in bindel adesiv, lava lura la pel. Na sfruscha betg.
Tar morsas: lava e sfradenta. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain u sanguinescha facilmain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sche ti tutgas ses pails: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

pli curt che tes det pitschenpli plaun ch'ina lindorna da curtin

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Quant svelt è el?

Mottled cup moth circa 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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Fatgs

Researchers at the University of Queensland reported in 2021 that the caterpillar's venom contains at least 151 different toxins.1

The toxin cecropin causes the pain and also breaks down the cell membranes of bacteria and worms.1

A protein called DV33 can kill Haemonchus contortus, a roundworm that affects sheep.1

Some of the toxins have medicinal properties, such as the ability to kill harmful bacteria and parasitic worms.1

Some of the nervous-system proteins in the venom may have beneficial effects, such as in epilepsy.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Doratifera vulnerans
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Limacodidae2
Urden: Lepidoptera
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Poppins: Females lay eggs in clusters on leaves and cover them with body hairs.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Doratifera vulnerans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Doratifera vulnerans (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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