Tineidae (family)
Clothes moths (Tineidae) at Holt, ACT
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| Tineidae (family) | ibaird | 26 Oct 2020 | |
| Tineidae (family) | donhe | 26 Oct 2020 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 26 Oct 2020 |
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2 comments
21 Dec 2020
Acridotarsa is a possibility, although the palpi are too damaged here to properly compare with the long (for a tineid) palpi of Acridotarsa and the wing shape may not be right. Acridotarsa has typical long tineid antennae, and photo 3 shows that this specimen has them broken off.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084457-35.271620
- Altitude 543.2m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Oct 2020 05:12 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tineidae (family) Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Tineidae (family) Scientific name
- Clothes moths (Tineidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 692.37m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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