A sedge moth at Tennent, ACT
Identification history
| Glyphipterix meteora | 18 Dec 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Stagmatophora argyrostrepta | 16 Dec 2019 | donhe | ||
| Glyphipterix (genus) | 15 Dec 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Dec 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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In Gigerline Nature Reserve, near Tharwa Sandwash.
9 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Dec 2019
This is for the moth with the narrow white stripes. The other one was reported previously.
ibaird
wrote:
17 Dec 2019
I'm not sure this is S. argyrostrepta. I can't see white tipped antennae and the white vertical stripes seem much narrower and one less in number than for that species.
donhe
wrote:
17 Dec 2019
Quite true. Those features may be sex linked, or may not. Better have a look at the other 387 Australian named Cosmopterigids.
GlennCocking
wrote:
19 Dec 2019
The palpi are another way of distinguishing Stagmatophora - long, thin, plain black and recurved - from glyphiteryx - heavily scaled, upright, banded black and white.
donhe
wrote:
19 Dec 2019
The white stripes on this specimen seem rather narrow for G. meterora.
None of the ALA or BOLD specimens have them this narrow along the hind-margin..
None of the ALA or BOLD specimens have them this narrow along the hind-margin..
GlennCocking
wrote:
21 Dec 2019
Yes, I haven't seen a confirmed G. meteora specimen with such narrow white bands. The photo doesn't show what's along the costa well enough, but what you can see is consistent with a G. meteora with generally reduced white/silver areas
Location information
- Coordinates 149.088719-35.531169
- Altitude 586.4m
- Maps Gigerline Nature Reserve
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2019 07:23 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Stellaria pungens Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Glyphipterix (genus) Scientific name
- A sedge moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1276.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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