Psilogramma (genus)
1 A Psilogramma moth at Gordon, ACT
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| Psilogramma (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Jan 2018 | |
| Psilogramma menephron ssp. nebulosa | ibaird | 14 Apr 2017 |
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When disturbed, mad a clicking/hissing noise but generally very placid
3 comments
23 Jan 2017
Hi, these are great photos. If you have them can you please add pics of the whole of the moth to make it easier to verify its identity. Thanks.
23 Jan 2017
Done...... I was playing around in macro world. The larger pic is from my phone but is clear enough.
13 Dec 2017
P. menephron is now thought to be a more northern species, P. casuarinae being the local one, so this would have to be a vagrant. The Sphingid experts say that menephron is more black/brown than the grey casuarinae, and this photo certainly has brown in it. But it has much more brown than any of the ANIC menephron specimens, so I'm wondering if that is an artifact of the photo. Can you remember how it looked to the naked eye? The absence of a white discal dot is an indicator of casuarinae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.086229-35.462622
- Places Gordon, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- PhotosByCowz Recorded by
- Concealed on wooden fence of approximate colour and shade Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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Species information
- Psilogramma (genus) Scientific name
- A Psilogramma moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 756m Recorded at altitude
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