Hepialidae (family)
Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth at Conder, ACT
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| Hepialidae (family) | GlennCocking | 18 Oct 2020 | |
| Hepialidae (family) | donhe | 5 Oct 2020 | |
| Testing suggest new name ok? | MichaelBedingfield | 27 Sep 2020 |
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Conder, ACT
3 comments
4 Oct 2020
I think this is too big for Fraus. A plain female of one of the Oxycanus? Or abantiades hyalinatus?
5 Oct 2020
Moths of Australia (Common 1990) at Fig 60 allows Fraus and Aenutus forewing venation to be compared. Abantiades venation not illustrated there.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101436-35.464675
- Altitude 640.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 May 2020 11:37 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hepialidae (family) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Hepialidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1771m Recorded at altitude
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