Ringed Bark Moth at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Ectropis fractaria | 30 Aug 2020 | donhe | ||
| Ectropis fractaria | 30 Aug 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Psilosticha mactaria | 7 Aug 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Thallogama sp | 1 Nov 2017 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unverified | 16 Oct 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - wingspan 30-35mm, attracted to light...... Conder, ACT
6 comments
ibaird
wrote:
18 Oct 2017
I'm inclined to think this is Psilosticha absorpta based on the similarity with the two specimens identified as such on CNM based on the gentleness of the curved line in the forewing and the relative location of the black tick marks on the leading edge of the forewiing, however the black markings overall seem to be heavier and less well-defined than those examples.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
18 Oct 2017
The much darker colouration made me think I had a different species.
GlennCocking
wrote:
2 Nov 2017
Yes, the wavy lines are quite as for P. absorpta. The forwewing pattern matches an unnamed Thallogama genus species that has been recorded only on Black Mountain, plus one sawpit Creek specimen.
ibaird
wrote:
2 Nov 2017
Good one, very interesting. Moths of Victoria, Part 7 has supplementary pdf image for a dark grey female 'Thallogama sp.1' (Genoa Peak, far east Vic.) which , when I look at it now, looks very similar to this moth i.e. the same heavier, less finer markings than. P. absorpta.
GlennCocking
wrote:
8 Aug 2018
I'm still not certain, esp when you compare this photo with Michael's other photo of Psilosticha mactaria, but I no longer believe it is a Thallogama sp.
GlennCocking
wrote:
30 Aug 2020
It is more likely to be Ectropis fractaria. It has the "eyespot" in the centre of the hindwing that is characteristic of E. fractaria rather than Psilosticha and the other Ectropis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101386-35.464683
- Altitude 630.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Oct 2017 01:10 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Ectropis fractaria Scientific name
- Ringed Bark Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 908.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Tephrosia fractaria
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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