Doratifera oxleyi
9 Painted Cup Moth at Acton, ACT
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| Doratifera oxleyi | donhe | 18 Aug 2019 | |
| Doratifera oxleyi | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Aug 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 17 Aug 2019 |
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User's notes
Unsure what this insect is, not having seen one before. Possibly some sort of Neuropteran nymph? Sighted on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully. 4mm in length as can be gauged by the final image. Thanks to Marcus Leach for helping to find this colourful and curious insect.
4 comments
18 Aug 2019
Reminds me of something I came across in Tasmania which I couldn't decide whether it was an insect or something else no matter how much I inspected it. The colours I think I decided at the time seemed too artificial, but looking at this I may have been wrong.
18 Aug 2019
Kim's suggestion made and sighting edited so the moth people will be notified.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108102-35.277201
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2019 01:58 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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Species information
- Doratifera oxleyi Scientific name
- Painted Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869.6m Recorded at altitude
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