A concealer moth at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Philobota undescribed species near arabella | 15 Nov 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Philobota undescribed species near arabella | 14 Nov 2017 | AlisonMilton |
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2 comments
donhe
wrote:
16 Nov 2017
I do not see any other specimens like this in the other 336 Arabella species illustrated in
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=4173,
and the 7 specimens there of P. arabella show wide variation in the colouring of the marginal area.
P. arabella is just a variable species.
I am unclear at the extra reticence to call it that,
given that all ID's of moths from photos are fraught.
Is the photo sufficient evidence to infer a 338th Philobota species?
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=4173,
and the 7 specimens there of P. arabella show wide variation in the colouring of the marginal area.
P. arabella is just a variable species.
I am unclear at the extra reticence to call it that,
given that all ID's of moths from photos are fraught.
Is the photo sufficient evidence to infer a 338th Philobota species?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.034125-35.254965
- Altitude 682.9m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Oct 2017 08:08 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Philobota undescribed species near arabella Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota undescribed species near arabella Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1250.05m Recorded at altitude
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