Golden-winged Epidesmia at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Epidesmia chilonaria | 29 Nov 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Epidesmia chilonaria | 29 Nov 2019 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Nov 2019 | ruthkerruish |
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User's notes
Leaves had been disturbed.
3 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
30 Nov 2019
I'm not certain whether it's Epidesmia chilonaria or hypenaria. The palpi of hypenaria are longer, but the photos don't show the length explicitly. The strongly white costa suggests chilonaria, but I think it's variable in both species.
donhe
wrote:
30 Nov 2019
There seems no evidence of a bright white costa in any of the 21 specimens of Epidesmia hypenaria in the BOLD page
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=89567
only pale brown or orangish.
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=89567
only pale brown or orangish.
ruthkerruish
wrote:
1 Dec 2019
The moths are wonderfully camouflaged and rest on the ground on dried leaves etc. Their caterpillars are brown and resemble twigs and feed on the leaves of eucalypts and bottlebrushes (both species within meters of where the moth was found).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098892-35.338172
- Altitude 615.2m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Nov 2019 09:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Additional information
- Among Eucalypt leaves on the ground Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Epidesmia chilonaria Scientific name
- Golden-winged Epidesmia Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1211.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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