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Synemon plana

Golden Sun Moth at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith

Synemon plana at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Dec 2020
Synemon plana at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Synemon plana 9 Dec 2020 GlennCocking
Synemon plana 9 Dec 2020 michaelb
Unidentified 8 Dec 2020 SRoss

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Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 4 Apr 2021 by SRoss Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 3 Apr 2021 by SRoss Mictis profana (Crusader bug) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Mar 2021 by SRoss Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed, Purslane) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss Dysphania pumilio (Small Crumbweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss Tiliqua scincoides (Eastern Blue-tongue) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 19 Dec 2020 by SRoss Lepidium africanum at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 11 Dec 2020 by SRoss Rumex dumosus (Wiry Dock) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Dec 2020 by SRoss Solenogyne dominii (Smooth Solenogyne) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Nov 2020 by SRoss Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Nov 2020 by SRoss Carthamus lanatus (Saffron Thistle) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 25 Nov 2020 by SRoss Trifolium arvense var. arvense (Haresfoot Clover) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss Triptilodiscus pygmaeus (Annual Daisy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss Centaurium sp. (Centaury) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss Chondrilla juncea (Skeleton Weed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Nov 2020 by SRoss Wahlenbergia luteola (Yellowish Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 10 Nov 2020 by SRoss Rumex brownii (Slender Dock, Swamp Dock) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Nov 2020 by SRoss Bromus hordeaceus (Soft Brome) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Nov 2020 by SRoss Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss Euchiton sphaericus (Star Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss Euchiton sphaericus (Star Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 2 Nov 2020 by ianandlibby1 Rytidosperma carphoides (Short Wallaby Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 2 Nov 2020 by ianandlibby1 Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta (Tall Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 Oct 2020 by SRoss Wahlenbergia sp. (Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 29 Oct 2020 by SRoss Goodenia pinnatifida (Scrambled Eggs) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 29 Oct 2020 by SRoss Bulbine bulbosa (Golden Lily) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 20 Oct 2020 by SRoss Gamochaeta purpurea (Purple Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 19 Oct 2020 by SRoss Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Proliferous Pink, Childling Pink) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss Cymbonotus sp. (Bears Ear) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss Plantago varia (Native Plaintain) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss Aira elegantissima (Delicate Hairgrass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss Linaria pelisseriana (Pelisser's Toadflax) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 14 Oct 2020 by SRoss Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica (Early Nancy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 14 Oct 2020 by SRoss Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica (Early Nancy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Sep 2020 by Vinnie Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1 Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock fern) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1 Bothriochloa macra (Red Grass, Red-leg Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1 Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 May 2020 by MichaelMulvaney Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Apr 2020 by GeoffRobertson Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Apr 2020 by SRoss Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 23 Nov 2019 by SRoss Sparaxis tricolor (Sparaxis, Harlequin Flower) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 6 Oct 2016 by ACTParks-InvasivePlantsTeam Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 Dec 2010 by Ratcliffe
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 4 Apr 2021 by SRoss
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 3 Apr 2021 by SRoss
Mictis profana (Crusader bug) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Mar 2021 by SRoss
Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed, Purslane) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss
Dysphania pumilio (Small Crumbweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss
Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 Jan 2021 by SRoss
Tiliqua scincoides (Eastern Blue-tongue) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 19 Dec 2020 by SRoss
Lepidium africanum at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 11 Dec 2020 by SRoss
Rumex dumosus (Wiry Dock) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Dec 2020 by SRoss
Solenogyne dominii (Smooth Solenogyne) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 26 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Carthamus lanatus (Saffron Thistle) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 25 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Trifolium arvense var. arvense (Haresfoot Clover) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus (Annual Daisy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Centaurium sp. (Centaury) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 24 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Chondrilla juncea (Skeleton Weed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Wahlenbergia luteola (Yellowish Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 10 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Rumex brownii (Slender Dock, Swamp Dock) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Bromus hordeaceus (Soft Brome) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Euchiton sphaericus (Star Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 7 Nov 2020 by SRoss
Euchiton sphaericus (Star Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 2 Nov 2020 by ianandlibby1
Rytidosperma carphoides (Short Wallaby Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 2 Nov 2020 by ianandlibby1
Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta (Tall Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Wahlenbergia sp. (Bluebell) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 29 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Goodenia pinnatifida (Scrambled Eggs) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 29 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Bulbine bulbosa (Golden Lily) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 20 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Gamochaeta purpurea (Purple Cudweed) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 19 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Proliferous Pink, Childling Pink) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Cymbonotus sp. (Bears Ear) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Plantago varia (Native Plaintain) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Aira elegantissima (Delicate Hairgrass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 18 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Linaria pelisseriana (Pelisser's Toadflax) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 14 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica (Early Nancy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 14 Oct 2020 by SRoss
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica (Early Nancy) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Sep 2020 by Vinnie
Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1
Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock fern) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1
Bothriochloa macra (Red Grass, Red-leg Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 May 2020 by ianandlibby1
Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 5 May 2020 by MichaelMulvaney
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 9 Apr 2020 by GeoffRobertson
Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 8 Apr 2020 by SRoss
Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 23 Nov 2019 by SRoss
Sparaxis tricolor (Sparaxis, Harlequin Flower) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 6 Oct 2016 by ACTParks-InvasivePlantsTeam
Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) at Bass Gardens Park, Griffith - 30 Dec 2010 by Ratcliffe

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Species information

  • Not Sensitive
  • Very Rare / Threatened
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 8 Dec 2020 03:04 PM Recorded on
  • SRoss Recorded by

Additional information

  • A grass, perching on Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
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