Tinea undescribed species

A fungus moth at Cook, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

Tinea undescribed species	31 May 2019	GlennCocking
Tinea undescribed species	31 May 2019	GlennCocking
Unverified	17 May 2019	CathB

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Similar to sighting 4209079. Many of these moths flying as it was getting dark, but not earlier in the afternoon. When they landed, some flitted first between low grasses and shrubs, but others seemed to dive straight into the leaf litter and vanished. These are two that didn't hide well enough. The first was slightly shorter, and the second longer, than 5 mm.

1 comment

GlennCocking wrote:

31 May 2019

The excellent closeup photos of the head in the two reports showed the moth was family Tineidae, but I couldn't identify the species from photos alone. I visited the reserve at sunset when the moths were flying so I could magnify a specimen. They are a Tinea species that hasn't been recorded in recent years, the ANIC specimens are from Black Mountain in the 1960s. The genus has many species, including some well known house moths.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.073403 -35.266410
Altitude 541.5m
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
16 May 2019 04:39 PM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
Collections
Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Tinea undescribed species Scientific name
A fungus moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania