Poecilasthena pulchraria

Australian Cranberry Moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Poecilasthena pulchraria	27 Apr 2018	donhe
	Poecilasthena pulchraria	27 Apr 2018	ibaird

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Attracted to MV light at night

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ibaird wrote:

27 Apr 2018

The specimen shows the 'series of dashes along the termen of the forewings and hindwings' which the supporting disc to MoV (Part 3) says is characteristic of the species.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.113283 -35.259556
Altitude 593.7m
Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Apr 2018 09:33 PM Recorded on
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Poecilasthena pulchraria Scientific name
Australian Cranberry Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1172.9m Recorded at altitude
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