Sighting 3870016
Stagmatophora argyrostrepta
A cosmet moth at Macarthur, ACT
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| Stagmatophora argyrostrepta | MichaelBedingfield | 11 Jan 2019 | |
| Stagmatophora argyrostrepta | GlennCocking | 10 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | GlennCocking | 3 Nov 2018 | |
| Zapyrasta sp | GlennCocking | 2 Nov 2018 | |
| Unverified | RodDeb | 1 Nov 2018 |
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User's notes
taken with a flash the moth escaped before could take any further pics without a flash.
The moth measured approx. 5mm
3 comments
3 Nov 2018
See also images on the ALA at Xanthodes amata#gallery Interestingly in Moths of Australia (2007, 2017) at page 33 the authors Zborowski and Edwards say their book does not include the family Momphidae which is one of 'some rarely seen families, those containing only one species, or, for which, we lacked a living photograph'.
11 Jan 2019
I got this one wrong earlier. Both species are tiny black moths that look superficially similar, but are quite different under the microscope. Stagmatophora argyrostrepta is family Cosmopterigidae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.131178-35.408280
- Places Macarthur, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 31 Oct 2018 11:45 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stagmatophora argyrostrepta
Species information
- Stagmatophora argyrostrepta Scientific name
- A cosmet moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 799m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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