Chrysolarentia correlata
Yellow Carpet at Paddys River, ACT
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| Chrysolarentia correlata | ibaird | 8 Dec 2017 | |
| Chrysolarentia correlata | ibaird | 8 Dec 2017 | |
| Chrysolarentia corellata | HarveyPerkins | 7 Dec 2017 |
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4 comments
8 Dec 2017
I think Chsysolarentia corellata, but am not sure how variable or overlapping it might be with C. polyxantha.
8 Dec 2017
I think this specimen closely matches (i.e 'correlates') with C. correlata (Ýellow Carpet') as illustrated in Moths of Victoria, Part 3, p.14 but the authors state that (on the supporting disc) it is uncertain whether it really is distinct from C. insulata (''Ínsipid Carpet'), If not, they expect C. insulata may become the accepted name for both species. This is a nice fresh looking specimen, so its a valuable photographic record to have. It is also an apparently elusive species which likes to remain well hidden in daylight. Incidenatally, MoV also recognise a distinct species C. polyxantha (p.18), also giving it the common name ''Yellow Carpet'.
9 Dec 2017
C, correlata and insulate are both recognised on AFD but not by BOLD, which calls all the specimens insulata. Both species are variable in wing pattern and both may have a darker bar across the middle of the forewing or not. With polyxantha the bar is relatively narrow and filled in, and with correlata it is broader with a light centre (or two narrow bars if you like to look at it that way). The plainer specimens are harder to separate.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.928427-35.509496
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2017 04:28 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chrysolarentia correlata Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chrysolarentia correlata Scientific name
- Yellow Carpet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1876.5m Recorded at altitude
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