Metasia liophaea
A Crambid moth at Cotter River, ACT
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| Metasia (genus) | GlennCocking | 14 Jul 2019 | |
| Metasia liophaea | GlennCocking | 22 Jan 2019 | |
| Metasia liophaea | donhe | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Assara holophragma | GlennCocking | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Idaea ferrilinea | donhe | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 13 Jan 2019 |
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8 comments
15 Jan 2019
I'm not sure about this being A. hologramma. Looking at a lightened and blown up image in Photoshop the specimen seems has a zig zag pattern marking towards to apex of the forewing which seems to be missing in the examples labelled A. hologramma on the ALA.
15 Jan 2019
If the hindwings have no pattern, then the forewing aspect ratio (costa length/width) of this specimen would be about 2.0 +- 0.1
That of A. holophragma is about 2.7 +- 0.1
No way Jose.
That of A. holophragma is about 2.7 +- 0.1
No way Jose.
15 Jan 2019
Hi, I don't know if it will help, but i have added a second photo. This one i took without a flash, as normally i do not use flash at all. But it seemed dim, so I took another with flash, which I though was clearer, so that is the one i put up.
16 Jan 2019
If it's Metasia, then liophaea looks closest. Looking at the second photo, I'm still uncertain and will look some more. Definitely not Assara.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.834997-35.534311
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 13 Jan 2019 11:55 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Metasia liophaea Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Metasia liophaea Scientific name
- A Crambid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 853.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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4 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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