Philobota diaereta
A Concealer moth at Googong, NSW
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| Philobota diaereta | GlennCocking | 2 Dec 2019 | |
| Philobota diaereta | GlennCocking | 2 Dec 2019 | |
| Unverified | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Oct 2018 | |
| Philobota physaula | donhe | 21 May 2018 | |
| Philobota (genus) | donhe | 21 May 2018 | |
| Unverified | Wandiyali | 21 May 2018 |
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User's notes
Perhaps 100s gathered and fluttering in the early morning light, lots with scent glands (?) at the rear.
1 comment
2 Dec 2019
I think this is more likely to be P. diaereta than P. physaula. The former is widespread in south-eastern Australia and the latter has fewer records and they are from well south and west of the ACT. The wing pattern in these indistinct photos matches set specimens of P. diaereta reasonably well.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.203139-35.409817
- Altitude 756.7m
- Maps Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 21 May 2018 07:10 AM Recorded on
- Wandiyali Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Collections
- Wandiyali Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Philobota diaereta Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota diaereta Scientific name
- A Concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 756.67m Recorded at altitude
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