Sighting 4366744
A Gelechioid moth at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Macrobathra leucopeda | 13 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Macrobathra leucopeda | 12 Jan 2021 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).
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ibaird
wrote:
12 Jan 2021
Two features of this specimen match photos of the species elsewhere: Size and shape of the palps (yellow bases) and a brown back colouration visible is a dorsal view.
A recorded host plant is Acacia terminalis which grows naturally at Tallaganda . This wattle species is also sold as a native plant for Canberra gardens. Recorded for the ACT in the ANIC insect collection (CSIRO), see Bold Systems reference:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query=%22Macrobathra%20leucopeda%22[tax]
A recorded host plant is Acacia terminalis which grows naturally at Tallaganda . This wattle species is also sold as a native plant for Canberra gardens. Recorded for the ACT in the ANIC insect collection (CSIRO), see Bold Systems reference:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query=%22Macrobathra%20leucopeda%22[tax]
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113375-35.259553
- Altitude 602.6m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2021 09:44 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Macrobathra leucopeda Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 882.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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