Sighting 4251496
Snellenia lineata
3 Lycid-mimicking Moth at Coree, ACT
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| Snellenia lineata | donhe | 2 Mar 2020 | |
| Snellenia lineata | ibaird | 1 Mar 2020 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 29 Feb 2020 |
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6 comments
2 Mar 2020
This is a moth in the genus Snellenia, probably S. lineata. It is a presumed mimic of beetles of the genus Porrostoma.
2 Mar 2020
Wow! Thanks Kim. Last week i had a bug which looked like a moth, and this week a moth which looks like a bug ;) I will change the suggestion to moth.
2 Mar 2020
Hi wonderful moth experts, I have suggested this moth species as the system wont allow me just to suggest a concealer moth, and I could not find S. lineata which Kim suggests it might be.
2 Mar 2020
Great find Christine. I've been wondering how long it would be before one of these turns up. The beetles it mimics can erupt in large numbers if I recall correctly.
2 Mar 2020
Thanks Ian, I thought it looked like a beetle which i have seen quite often, but it did look smaller which is why I stopped to photograph it.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.875958-35.289980
- Places Coree, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 29 Feb 2020 11:01 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Illilanga flagged sightings My flagged sightings Featured Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Snellenia lineata
Species information
- Snellenia lineata Scientific name
- Lycid-mimicking Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 764m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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