Chrysolarentia polyxantha

Yellow Carpet Moth at Brindabella, NSW

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Identification history

Chrysolarentia polyxantha	16 Feb 2018	GlennCocking
Chrysolarentia polyxantha	14 Feb 2018	ibaird
Unverified	23 Jan 2018	Qwerty

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2 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Feb 2018

This looks like Chrysolarentia polyxantha

HarveyPerkins wrote:

14 Feb 2018

There are a lot of these (Chrysolarentia polyxantha) about in the high country at the moment (i.e. early-mid February) - I will be posting more shortly as I work through my backlog...

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Sighting information

4 Abundance
22 Jan 2018 12:10 PM Recorded on
Qwerty Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) Qwerty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Chrysolarentia polyxantha Scientific name
Yellow Carpet Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1530.1m Recorded at altitude
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