Riethia larva ‘C’

(Fig. 6C)

Material examined. New South Wales, 5L, Currowan S.F., Cabbage Tree Ck., 35°34'S 150°02'E, 2.i.2009 (Cranston) (MV AU09CTCR6-10); Glenbog SF., Brown Mt., Fastigata Rd., Rutherford Ck., 36°36’S 149°47’E, 909 m a.s.l, 4.ii.2009 (MV NSWRGCR8) , 2L, same except 27.xi.2010 (MV NSWBMR1, 2) .

Five larvae coded CTCR6-10 are identical on DNA for CO1 and combined genes, and similarly cluster in similarity of morphology. The head capsule is evenly pale coloured with dark teeth of mentum and mandible, squat but distinct antennal pedestal with AR c. 1.5–1.7, and the clypeus is quite large (65–80 μm wide, 45–48 μm tall) and uniquely is subovate (Fig. 6C) with clypeal setae approximated and located antero-medially. An antennal feature seems characteristic although it is difficult to quantify—segment 1 is narrower proximally becoming visibly more dilate distally. This narrowing is despite the Ring Organ being located proximally within this narrower basal section. Mensural features see Table 2.