Phelotis cognata
Long-fringed Bark Moth at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
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| Phelotis cognata | ibaird | 30 Oct 2024 | |
| Phelotis cognata | Kallies | 2 Feb 2024 | |
| Phelotis cognata | donhe | 30 Aug 2020 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 18 Dec 2018 |
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2 comments
21 Dec 2018
I am tending not to think this is E. fractaria for the following reasons: 1. the overall elongated look of the specimen 2. No hint of eyespots in the hindwing and the hindwing line is not wavy enough and 3. no red-brown inner margin to the forewing. I can't be sure whether the antennae are pectinate (Phelotis cognata), so I think a Psilosticha spp. are possible. However, I think the hindwing major line is too waved for P. cognata and doesn't show fine dots. Both P. absorpta and P.mactaria have a waved major hindwing line, but I don't think the major forewing line is curved enough for P.absorpta. Therefore because of the above, and hindwing pattern and forewing leading edge tick marks I'm suggesting Psilosticha mactaria.
30 Aug 2020
Unless it is an artifact of the photo angle, this moth has narrower wings than the more broadwinged P. mactaria.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.906975-35.462782
- Altitude 744.3m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Dec 2018 10:14 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phelotis cognata Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Phelotis cognata Scientific name
- Long-fringed Bark Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 800.2m Recorded at altitude
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