Synemon plana

Golden Sun Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Synemon plana	24 Dec 2018	ibaird
	Synemon plana	24 Dec 2018	Venusaur

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

It looked a bit like golden sun moths I've seen before but I can't confirm it. It was on the pavement and seemed reluctant to fly doing so in very small bursts (e.g. I saw it fly twice but each time it only moved a few cm)

Be the first to comment

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.148787 -35.261962
Places Ainslie, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
23 Dec 2018 11:56 AM Recorded on
Venusaur Recorded by
Collections
Insects Sun moths (Castniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Venusaur Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Synemon plana Scientific name
Golden Sun Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Vulnerable *
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

833,210 sightings of 22,972 species from 14,456 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy

NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania