Garrha phoenopis
Garrha phoenopis at Forde, ACT
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| Garrha phoenopis | GlennCocking | 22 Jan 2021 | |
| Garrha (genus) | donhe | 8 Jan 2021 | |
| Garrha (genus) | ibaird | 7 Jan 2021 |
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Attracted to UV light at night.
5 comments
16 Nov 2020
Originally thought this was a Garrha spp. due to the banded.spotted antenna but couldn't find a match. Now think its probably S. mimica in part because its more elongate, although that species is very variable. But see Ian McMillan's photo on the ALA which is a good match: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:639a959b-3fd9-41bf-aeab-39e17fc9250a#gallery
7 Jan 2021
I'm reverting back to suggesting Garrha sp. given the good match with Sighting No. 4364573 which shows the Garrha striated antennae clearly.
8 Jan 2021
If you say so, but it does not resemble any of the 137 Garrha species illustrations on BOLD at
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77403
I think the pattern on the antennae may be a lighting artefact.
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77403
I think the pattern on the antennae may be a lighting artefact.
8 Jan 2021
See also very similar moth at 'Gippsland Lakes Lepidoptera' (Ento, Soc. of Victoria), p. 25 and at page 30 'Morewell National Park Lepidoptera and Neuroptera' (Harris and Marrriott 2018) which identifies the moth as 'Garrha MNP sp.(4)'. Also Jack Crosbie on ALA: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:49972bf5-acbe-4389-9c2c-58205d8028bb#gallery ; and iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37447124 . Also sightings 435788 and 22629.
8 Jan 2021
Very good. Thanks. I agree. Given their variability, I think this could also be G. limbata or G. sincerella. I see that G. limbata is not illustrated on the BOLD website, so that website has not as complete a coverage as I hoped. I think previous relevant sightings are 4357880, 4357213, and 4357880. I could not find 22629.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.181308-35.210727
- Altitude 660.5m
- Maps Goorooyarroo NR (ACT)
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Nov 2020 08:59 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Garrha phoenopis Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Garrha phoenopis Scientific name
- Garrha phoenopis Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 718m Recorded at altitude
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