Erebidae (family)
Unidentified immature Erebid moth at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Erebidae (family) | donhe | 5 Feb 2019 | |
| Erebidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 3 Feb 2019 | |
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | MichaelBedingfield | 7 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | Speedsta | 6 Jan 2019 |
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5 comments
8 Jan 2019
The spacing between the prolegs and the claspers in this specimen is much greater than in most Geometridae., which generally sit on these 4 feet as a combined support. The body looks to me more like that of an Erebidae, but all the ones with reduced prolegs in that family, that I know of, still have 2 or 3 unatrophied pairs of prolegs.
8 Jan 2019
My suggestion of Geometridae was made with the sole intention of bringing the sighting to the attention of the moths people and was a rough guess.
9 Jan 2019
Thanks, but sadly most Lepidoptera taxonomy has been done on adult insects, so identifying a larva is fraught, unless it can be taken into captivity to protect it from predators, and reared to obtain the adult.
3 Feb 2019
OK michaelb, I deleted my comment after thinking again how to do it. You beat me to it!
4 Feb 2019
Hi Ian
I saw the comment and decided to have a go, and afterward noticed the comment had disappeared !
I saw the comment and decided to have a go, and afterward noticed the comment had disappeared !
Location information
- Coordinates 149.094344-35.295600
- Altitude 575.7m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2019 12:09 PM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Speedsta Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Erebidae (family)
Species information
- Erebidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified immature Erebid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 646.94m Recorded at altitude
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