Snellenia lineata

3 Lycid-mimicking Moth at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Snellenia lineata	2 Mar 2020	donhe
Snellenia lineata	1 Mar 2020	ibaird
Unidentified	29 Feb 2020	Christine

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6 comments

KimPullen wrote:

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.

Christine wrote:

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.

Christine wrote:

2 Mar 2020

Looks like I can't suggest the change.

Christine wrote:

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.

ibaird wrote:

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.

Christine wrote:

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.

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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
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Illilanga flagged sightings My flagged sightings Featured Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

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
Machine learning
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