A wave moth at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Scopula (genus) | 14 Feb 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2018 | KMcCue |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
On the window so I was able to get upper- and undersides.But what is it?
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
The Poecilasthena are all rather similar. The distinguishing brown forewing costa of P. pulchraria is not very evident in this photo, but the oblong dark dots are good.
ibaird
wrote:
5 Feb 2018
A concern for me is that the hindwings do not seem to have an angular margin as they do for all the P. pulchraria specimens illustrated by Moths of Victoria, Part 3.- although neither does the specimen on CNM already IDed as this species.
GlennCocking
wrote:
7 Feb 2018
I believe this one, and also the one currently identified as P. pulchraria, are both a Scopula species. They both lack the dark costa and hindwing angular margin.
donhe
wrote:
8 Feb 2018
I agree. This is more like
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=16849
except for the marginal black dots
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=16849
except for the marginal black dots
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081465-35.258125
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2012 02:05 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Scopula (genus) Scientific name
- A wave moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1367.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
