Unidentified - Moth at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth | 5 Mar 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth | 5 Mar 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
By the wings, looks to be newly emerged, flushed by watering? Tempted to think pink-bellied moth by the underside but the curled wings and lack of markings makes it unclear.. Went back later but it had gone (hopefully not eaten by birds).
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GlennCocking
wrote:
8 Jan 2020
It's tempting to think of a female Arhodia lasiocamparia. Perhaps the forewings when expanded would take on the much narrower and acute apex shape of that species. The hindwings of local A. lasiocamparia are usually pink right to the margin, inconsistent with this photo, but the species is quite variable, and there are a few specimens from further west where the hw colour matches the fw.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029695-35.238370
- Altitude 524.7m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2020 09:48 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth Scientific name
- Unidentified - Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1643.3m Recorded at altitude
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