Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Pseudotheta syrtica | 31 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Pseudotheta syrtica | 31 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified moths group 1 | 18 Dec 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Psychidae (family) IMMATURE | 13 Dec 2020 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Dec 2020 | kasiaaus |
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User's notes
This moth was doing something very strange. I thought that it was going to lay eggs but it did not.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
13 Dec 2020
I suggest that this is a male Casemoth with the abdomen extended to reach into the case of an encased flightless female.
donhe
wrote:
31 Mar 2021
Hi Katarina, I have added a copy of one of these remarkable photos to
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chez/syrtica.html
with thanks, Don
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chez/syrtica.html
with thanks, Don
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050178-35.208630
- Altitude 597.8m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2020 11:36 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Pseudotheta syrtica Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 597.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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