Mataeomera dubia

Variable Scale-moth at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

Mataeomera dubia	4 Feb 2020	GlennCocking
Mataeomera dubia	14 Jan 2020	donhe
Mataeomera (genus)	12 Jan 2020	donhe
Mataeomera (genus)	12 Jan 2020	jb2602

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2 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Jan 2020

It might be M. dubia, which has been recorded at Cowra. But hard to separate from M. coccophaga.

ibaird wrote:

14 Jan 2020

I reckon this is quite likely to be M. dubia given that the broken black line two thirds away along the costa matches images for the species on Bold Systems 4 and the ALA shows a widespread distribution for the species encompassing a record for the ACT; but when I looked the ALA showed no images.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.152043 -35.259238
Places Ainslie, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
10 Jan 2020 08:57 PM Recorded on
jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Mataeomera dubia Scientific name
Variable Scale-moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Thalpochares pulvinariae Olliff, 1892

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Australian Capital Territory

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