Sighting 4249899
Limnaecia chionospila
Cosmopterigid at Ainslie, ACT
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| Limnaecia chionospila | GlennCocking | 28 Oct 2021 | |
| Limnaecia cirrhosema | jb2602 | 13 Feb 2020 |
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Cosmopterigidae (Seed Borer)
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18 Oct 2021
Both L. chionospila and L. cirrhosema were originally described by Meyrick and Turner respectively as having pale yellow heads.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152054-35.259190
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2020 10:47 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Limnaecia chionospila
Species information
- Limnaecia chionospila Scientific name
- Cosmopterigid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 747.3m Recorded at altitude
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