Cotton Web Spinner at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Achyra affinitalis | 14 May 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Achyra affinitalis | 26 Apr 2018 | ibaird | ||
| Syringoseca mimica | 12 Apr 2018 | RodDeb |
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User's notes
Best guess from searching through all the moths.
Tried to get a closer photo but it flew off.
2 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
18 Apr 2018
I don't think this is either of the above suggested species. It's probably one of the many pattern variations of Achyra affinitalis. The eyes look very big to me, but that may be a characteristic of the photo.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106870-35.277053
- Altitude 591.3m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Apr 2018 01:23 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Achyra affinitalis Scientific name
- Cotton Web Spinner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Medium Weed or Pest
- Up to 787.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nymphyla sordida
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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