1 Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Scopula rubraria | 11 May 2019 | donhe | ||
| Scopula rubraria | 10 May 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 10 May 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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User's notes
I am not very good on moths but I think this is a species of Geometer Moth. Initially it was on some grass near a Meat Ant colony. It did not appear to be bothered by the ants moving near by. It later flew to a low branch a little further away where it almost appeared to be eye-balling a fly.
1 comment
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
13 May 2019
Many thanks ibaird and donhe for identifying the moth. All the best.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098773-35.327270
- Altitude 627.4m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 May 2019 08:51 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) BIrdsinCanberra
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Scopula rubraria Scientific name
- Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1614.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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