Sighting 4362811
Lecithocera terrigena
1 Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT
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| Lecithocera terrigena | donhe | 21 Dec 2020 | |
| Lecithocera terrigena | GlennCocking | 21 Dec 2020 | |
| Lecithoceridae (family) | donhe | 20 Dec 2020 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 20 Dec 2020 |
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4 comments
20 Dec 2020
A new species to CNM. A mainly sub-tropical and triopical family (Lecithoceridae).
20 Dec 2020
Suggestion: L. terrigena has robust, thick looking, yellow palps whereas A.inopina's palps are finer and darker coloured?
21 Dec 2020
I'm reasonably confident that this is Lecithocera terrigena, regularly recorded in the ACT, although there are two other groups present in the ACT that are similar in different ways and are thought to be unnamed species. Achoria inopa is a very small and delicate Lecithoceridae mainly from more northern coastal areas. See also 4362865.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049853-35.208802
- Altitude 578.7m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2020 10:28 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Lecithocera terrigena
Species information
- Lecithocera terrigena Scientific name
- Lecithocera terrigena Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1797.2m Recorded at altitude
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