Chloroclystis approximata
Plumed or Cherry Looper at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Chloroclystis approximata | ibaird | 31 Dec 2025 | |
| Chloroclystis approximata | WendyEM | 31 Dec 2025 | |
| Chloroclystis (genus) | GlennCocking | 25 Oct 2018 | |
| Chloroclystis (genus) | GlennCocking | 24 Sep 2018 | |
| Chloroclystis catastreptes | GlennCocking | 18 Sep 2018 | |
| Unverified | Harrisi | 29 Aug 2018 |
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9 comments
18 Sep 2018
Possibly Chloroclytis catasticta (a variable sp) or nearby sp. (System won't accept a new name just now)
18 Sep 2018
Hi Glenn
Sorry the "suggest a missing species" is not working. You can still add a new species if you go thru Admin.
Sorry the "suggest a missing species" is not working. You can still add a new species if you go thru Admin.
19 Sep 2018
I can find no Chloroclytis catasticta in the Checklist or ALA or BOLD or AFD.
Are you sure that is the spelling?
Do you mean Lophosigna catasticta (Turner, 1904)
(previously known as Gastrina catasticta)?
Are you sure that is the spelling?
Do you mean Lophosigna catasticta (Turner, 1904)
(previously known as Gastrina catasticta)?
19 Sep 2018
I think it looks more like a Chrysolarentia species, maybe C. cataphaea?
How do you tell a Chloroclytis from a Chrysolarentia?
How do you tell a Chloroclytis from a Chrysolarentia?
19 Sep 2018
Choroclystis not Chloroclytis. C. catoststreptes looks similar on Bold Systems 4 but perhaps not the same.
20 Sep 2018
Oops: a lot of misprints around here.
The second line of Chloroclystis catastreptes does not the big double bubble like 3410727 has.
How do you tell a Chloroclystis from a Chrysolarentia?
The second line of Chloroclystis catastreptes does not the big double bubble like 3410727 has.
How do you tell a Chloroclystis from a Chrysolarentia?
25 Sep 2018
To my eye, this photo comes closest to Chloroclystis catastreptes. Some elements of the wing pattern correspond well, and I think I can see the “double bubble” (if we’re talking about the same thing) in some of the ANIC specimens, although they are all more worn than specimen in the photo. Chloroclystis insigillata is the next best prospect. The photo is much browner than any of the ANIC specimens of either species, but that could be caused by fading of the ANIC specimens or too much warm brown in the photo settings. Chrysolarentia generally have broader forewings than Chloroclystis and the specimen in the photo, and that is so for Chrysolarentia cataphaea. I’m confident the photo is of a Chloroclystis sp rather than a Chrysolaretia. But I can’t say it certainly is C. catastreptes, so I’ve changed the suggestion to Chloroclystis sp, and it remains possible that it is another Larentiinae species altogether.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081351-35.285285
- Maps National Arboretum Forests
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 Aug 2018 04:12 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
- on trunk of smooth barked eucalypt Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Harrisi NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Chloroclystis approximata Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chloroclystis approximata Scientific name
- Plumed or Cherry Looper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 849.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Phryssogonus pyretodes
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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