Synemon plana

Golden Sun Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Request use of media

Identify this sighting

Synemon plana ibaird 25 Nov 2019
Synemon plana jb2602 25 Nov 2019

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

5 comments

   26 Nov 2019
Markings are consistent with this being a male S. plana.
   26 Nov 2019
Thanks Ian, how do you tell?
   26 Nov 2019
Dark not bright orange hindwings. Underside male dark with white markings. See webpage on Lepidoptera Butterfly House.
   26 Nov 2019
There have been 3 other records nearby at Fisher Park.
   26 Nov 2019
Male Synemon plana are dull in colour, the forewings consisting of dark brown, patterned with pale grey and the hind wings are brown with darker brown patches.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 20 Nov 2019 04:58 PM Recorded on
  • jb2602 Recorded by
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Collections

Species information

Record quality

Quality score 4 / 7
  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Additional attributes
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
845,952 sightings of 23,776 species from 16,140 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0