Macrobathra leucopeda

A Gelechioid moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Macrobathra leucopeda	13 Jan 2021	donhe
	Macrobathra leucopeda	12 Jan 2021	ibaird

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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]

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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
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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
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