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Hello everyone. Alison Milton has created the December quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information for Canberra Nature Mappers and some excellent photos. There is also an article abo...
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Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for September 2025
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Flowering records for native pollinator study
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22 Dec 2025
The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the the Canberra Nature Map Association will be held on Thursday February 12, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, at the Downer Community Centre, Frencham Place, Downer.The Canber...
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Discussion
Lkaila
wrote:
6 min ago
Because of the shape and scaling of labial palpi, as well as by the traces of browninsh pattern. Possibly Scrobipalpa sp.
Elachistidae species (family)
AndyRoo
wrote:
6 min ago
Thanks @WendyEM. Yes it looks like it fits perfectly. I was a bit lazy - I based my initial suggestion on a moderator ID for a previous sighting at this site which was Archimantis sp. (genus) - see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4687880. I think I need to get this previous sighting ID reviewed.
Tenodera australasiae
Lkaila
wrote:
10 min ago
Typical posture for Coleophora with forward directed antennae which is shared with Plutellidae. Coleophora serinipennella is in Australia widespread, originally imported species which is very variable, much more so than in pictures I have seen, so t me the most likely option. The two small dark spots are typical of this species. A warning: this genus is very poorly documented in Australa and there can be many more species than currently "officially" recognized.
Gelechioidea (superfamily)
Lkaila
wrote:
16 min ago
typical posture with somewhat basally thickened, forward directed antennae, typical wing pattern. Species unknown to me, seemingly none of the described Australian species. Could this be an import? There are over 2000 spp worldwide, many of which look more or less exactly as this one.
Unverified Curved-horn moth (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Lkaila
wrote:
34 min ago
Even though the wing pattern matches Elachista flammula, this is a cosmopterigid, in the genus Labdia (I cannot now remember its species, sorry, but it is abundant in ACT at least. From Elachista it is easiest to distinguish by the very long labial palpi.
Elachista flammula
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