Sea-blue Delicate at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Poecilasthena thalassias | 14 Jan 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Poecilasthena thalassias | 14 Jan 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Poecilasthena thalassias | 21 Nov 2018 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Nov 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
Looking at images of M. centrophylla online (ALA) I would have thought the hindwing margin shape was too rounded (i.e not a sharp enough point) to be this species. Is the apparent lack of green colouration not an issue?
donhe
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
Yes: the rounded hindwings rule out Maxates.
Absence of black dots around the margin rules out Scopula.
I was thinking the slightness of the green tinge was due combination of loss of scales and a trick of the illumination.
Too far south for Cenochlora quieta.
Absence of black dots around the margin rules out Scopula.
I was thinking the slightness of the green tinge was due combination of loss of scales and a trick of the illumination.
Too far south for Cenochlora quieta.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
The light may also be a factor. This moth was on the ceiling outside my back door, so the combination of the back porch light and use of the camera flash may have compromised any green colouration - though I don't remember it looking greenish.
GlennCocking
wrote:
13 Jan 2019
I can't see enough to confidently confirm, but it is consistent with P. thalassias.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Jan 2019
Yes , there are several light-coloured examples labelled P. thalassias on the ALA and the hind wing margin shape and the sharp forewing tips are consistent.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029613-35.237988
- Altitude 663.7m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Oct 2018 08:26 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Species information
- Poecilasthena thalassias Scientific name
- Sea-blue Delicate Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1629m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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