Sighting 4230759
Agriophara platyscia
A Flat-bodied moth (Depressidae at O'Connor, ACT
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| Agriophara platyscia | ibaird | 26 Aug 2019 | |
| Agriophara platyscia | donhe | 16 Aug 2019 | |
| Agriophara cinerosa | ibaird | 29 Jul 2019 |
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User's notes
Attracted to UV light at night.
3 comments
17 Aug 2019
How about the larger A. platyscia which has a more emphatic dark mark along the centre of the forewing and is more common?
26 Aug 2019
OK, but I thought the pattern of black markings on this specimen better matched the examples labelled as such on the ALA. The three examples of A . platyscia on the ALA show less emphatic black markings than this example. Also the A. cinerosa examples on the ALA show a separate fine dark streak on the forewing running back from base of the firewing which this specimen also shows.
26 Aug 2019
Agriophara platyscia differs from Agriophara cinerosa in having a narrow pale line along each forewing costa. I think I can see this on the third photo.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113275-35.259582
- Altitude 596.4m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2018 08:34 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Agriophara platyscia
Species information
- Agriophara platyscia Scientific name
- A Flat-bodied moth (Depressidae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 901.8m Recorded at altitude
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