Rippled Gum Moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Mnesampela lenaea | 27 Apr 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Mnesampela lenaea | 27 Apr 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Rhinodia rostraria | 22 Apr 2020 | donhe | ||
| Rhinodia rostraria | 21 Apr 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Mnesampela comarcha | 21 Apr 2020 | jb2602 | ||
| Unverified | 21 Apr 2020 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Has a small snout; similar shape to Rhinodia rostraria; pronounced hookwing.
5 comments
jb2602
wrote:
21 Apr 2020
Pattern similar to Mnesampela lenaea Hindwing margin triangular more like Mnesampela comarcha.
Also black and white scales at wing base
ibaird
wrote:
21 Apr 2020
I think the sharp pointed hindwing probably rules out Mnesampela spp. which have rounded and slightly scalloped hindwing margins. Looks similar to the plain grey Sighting No 4207921 which
was called R. rostraria so I am suggesting that species given I'm lacking a better alternative.
GlennCocking
wrote:
27 Apr 2020
This is a female Mnesampela lenae. They have a more strongly hooked forewing apex than the males. The underside supprts it, as R, rostraria are quite different.
ibaird
wrote:
27 Apr 2020
OK, but the sharp point to the hindwing margin was hard to reconcile with Mnesampela for mine.
GlennCocking
wrote:
27 Apr 2020
I think the hindwing is kinked upwards in the first photo at a point where there is a bend at the edge of the wing.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152069-35.259226
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Apr 2020 07:17 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mnesampela lenaea
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Mnesampela lenaea Scientific name
- Rippled Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 761.01m Recorded at altitude
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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