Synemon plana
Golden Sun Moth at Griffith, ACT
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| Synemon plana | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Sep 2016 | |
| Synemon plana | Ratcliffe | 21 Sep 2016 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
22 Sep 2016
This was the first record of this endangered grassland moth at Bass Gardens, An area isolated by urban development since the 1940s.
User's notes
Observed males flying about one metre above the uncut grassland looking for females. Photos taken mid morning, full sun 30 December 2010. 20-30 moths observed flying between 11.45 and 13.15 over about half of the Bass Gardens area.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.128911-35.325192
- Maps Bass Gardens Park, Griffith
- Places Griffith, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2010 11:52 AM Recorded on
- Ratcliffe Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Female Gender
Collections
- Significant Ratcliffe Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Synemon plana Sun moths (Castniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Synemon plana Scientific name
- Golden Sun Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
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