1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: valdiviana (Philippi) (: )

Common Name Carpenter worm Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136297

Image Library Australian Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/

Partners for Australian Biosecurity image library

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment https://www.awe.gov.au/ Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia https://dpird.wa.gov.au/ Plant Health Australia https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2006) Carpenter worm(Chilecomadia valdiviana)Updated on 10/21/2011 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136297

2.3. Facets Status: Exotic species - absent from Australia Group: Commodity Overview: Horticulture, Forestry Commodity Type: Timber, Fresh Stems Distribution: Central and South America

2.4. Other Names Chilean carpenter worm PESTF -

2.5. Diagnostic Notes There are several species of the cossid genus _Chilecomadia_ in South America:

- _Chilecomadia discoclathratus_ Bryk 1945 - _Chilecomadia moorei_ Silva Figuero 1915 - _Chilecomadia munroei_ (Clench, 1957) - _Chilecomadia valdiviana_ Philippi 1860 - _Chilecomadia zeuzerina_ Bryk 1945

The larvae of _Chilecomadia moorei_, called the Chilean Moth or Butterworm of Trevo worm, is commercially collected and sold in the pet food trade.

The carpentar worm, _Chilecomadia valdiviana_, is pest species. The larvae feed on _Nothofagus_ and _Salix_ species and are considered a pest in Chilean plantations. They have been reported on _Eucalyptus globulus globulus, , , Eucalyptus delegatensis_ and _Eucalyptus viminalis_.

Adult females forewing span 48 and 60 mm and body length about 30-40mm, forewings with mottled colours of grey, ash, brown and white; each forewing with two distinct triangles (one in the chorda - the base of the R veins; and a second at the base of the CuA and CuP veins) of white, yellow and black scales; hindwings brown, sometimes withtwo or three white spots. Body is heavily covered with grey-silver hairs, the side of the abdomen has banded black and brown hair; legs banded. Males, have a wingspan of 42 - 48 mm, are darker and more diffuse than the females. The antennaes in both sexes are similar.

2.6. References Lanfranco, D., H. S. Dungey (2001). damage in Eucalyptus: A review of plantations in Chile. Austral Ecology Vol 26(5): 477

2.7. Web Links Exotic Forest Pests Online Symposium: http://www.apsnet.org/online/ExoticPest/Papers/haugen.htm Images of larva and damage: http://www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=4032 Pest Status: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/products/gallery/chiva1.html Translated description: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www2.udec.cl/entomologia/Ch- valdiviana.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DChilecomadia%2Bvaldivian a%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG 3. Diagnostic Images

South America South America Body above: Natural History Museum, Body side: Natural History Museum, London London Contact Contact

South America Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January Dorsal view: Copyright Natural History 2003. Leg M. Beeche Museum, London Contact Forewing Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria

South America South America Head above: Natural History Museum, Head below: Natural History Museum, London Contact London Contact Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January 2003. Leg M. Beeche 2003. Leg M. Beeche Head Front Image: Sarah McCaffrey Head Side Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria Museums Victoria

South America South America Lateral view: Natural History Museum, Ventral view: Natural History Museum, London Contact London Contact 4. Other Images

South America Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January Body below: Natural History Museum, 2003. Leg M. Beeche London Contact Dorsal Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria

Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January Chile VII Region, Las Trancas, 13 January 2003. Leg M. Beeche 2003. Leg M. Beeche Lateral Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Ventral Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria Victoria

Results Generated: Thursday, September 30, 2021