Cephonodes kingii
1 Gardenia Bee Hawk Moth at Kambah, ACT
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| Cephonodes kingii | donhe | 15 Mar 2020 | |
| Cephonodes kingii | LyndalT | 15 Mar 2020 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
16 Mar 2020
Rare Canberra record of this interesting moth - the first on Canberra Nature Map
User's notes
This was reported on the Canberra Gardeners' Advice Group on Facebook on 13 March. Someone else commenting on this sighting also reported it on their Buddleia
1 comment
16 Mar 2020
There are several very similar Cephonodes species, but I think only C. kingii comes this far south. It has been recorded in Canberra before.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.052417-35.384745
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 13 Mar 2020 07:25 PM Recorded on
- LyndalT Recorded by
- Buddleia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Australian Moths visiting Flowers LyndalT NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Cephonodes kingii Significant
Species information
- Cephonodes kingii Scientific name
- Gardenia Bee Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1409.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location