Sighting 3871291
Eupselia aristonica
A Twig Moth at O'Connor, ACT
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| Eupselia aristonica | GlennCocking | 14 Nov 2018 | |
| Eupselia aristonica | donhe | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| Eupselia sp.(genus) | ibaird | 13 Nov 2018 |
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Attracted to MV light at night.
4 comments
14 Nov 2018
Hypertrophidae – a twig moth, I think, but no close match was easily found to a recognised species. The closest match I found was to an image labelled ‘Eupselia’ photographed by D. Hobern see:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b7c3055c-242d-4eff-8f52-e8bd3ad4c45f#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b7c3055c-242d-4eff-8f52-e8bd3ad4c45f#gallery
14 Nov 2018
Looks like Donald's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/3026278653/in/set-72157607366771256/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/3026278653/in/set-72157607366771256/
14 Nov 2018
OK, but I thought there was maybe too much white on the head of my specimen and it did not have such a smooth boundary between the main white and the black markings in the dorsal area as in E. aristonica.
15 Nov 2018
The 3rd from the left, top row, at
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=376721
shows a vague pale bar across the thorax like your specimen.
But E. metabola is variable enough to be a contender too:
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77362
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=376721
shows a vague pale bar across the thorax like your specimen.
But E. metabola is variable enough to be a contender too:
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77362
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113284-35.259567
- Altitude 603.1m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2018 10:15 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Eupselia aristonica
Species information
- Eupselia aristonica Scientific name
- A Twig Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 659.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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6 / 7
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