Synemon plana

Golden Sun Moth at Forde, ACT

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Identification history

	Synemon plana	16 Nov 2018	donhe
	Synemon plana	16 Nov 2018	JasonC

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5 comments

ibaird wrote:

17 Nov 2018

Thanks, for this. As a general comment, a closer. larger image of the moth would help with ID if possible however. There are similar looking species of this genus possible in the ACT, so it cannot always be presumed its S. plana.

donhe wrote:

17 Nov 2018

Seeing the hindwings would be diagnostic too.
But this forewing pattern looks unique among the 29 on the BOLD Synemon page
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=86484

JasonC wrote:

20 Nov 2018

The flight pattern, prior to landing and photo taken - for the observer/reporter - is quite distinctive yes?

donhe wrote:

20 Nov 2018

I have never had the privilege of seeing a live one. What is the flight pattern?

michaelb wrote:

20 Nov 2018

We have a short 5 minute video of these moths on our species page:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/20336

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