Placocosma resumptella
A Concealer moth (Wingia group) at Ainslie, ACT
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| Placocosma resumptella | donhe | 1 Dec 2020 | |
| Placocosma resumptella | ibaird | 1 Dec 2020 | |
| Unverified | jb2602 | 1 Dec 2020 |
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User's notes
looks a bit like Barea meridarcha
2 comments
1 Dec 2020
There are two similar looking Placocosma species, P. hephaastea and P. resumptella. P. resumptella looks the most similar I think and has a more southerly eastern Australian distribution.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152024-35.259252
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2020 08:44 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Placocosma resumptella
Species information
- Placocosma resumptella Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Wingia group) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 586.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location