4 Golden Sun Moth at Hume, ACT
Identification history
| Synemon plana | 18 Nov 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Synemon plana | 18 Nov 2017 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
The blue and green colours on the trailing edge of the forewings is something I haven't noticed before or seen in photos of this species. The orange coloured hindwings are only just showing in the third photo.
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
19 Nov 2017
Looks like a very freshly emerged specimen, which might explain the iridescence.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.167989-35.373492
- Maps Jerrabomberra Grassland
- Places Hume, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Nov 2017 01:47 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Priority species lists
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Synemon plana Scientific name
- Golden Sun Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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