Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Pectinivalva commoni group undescribed species | 13 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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11 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
11 Feb 2021
I tried to enlarge the photo but it does not show much. Please note that the white things (at least the one on the left) are threads from the sheet it is sitting on.
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Mar 2021
"Unidentified moths group 2" has been identified. See the notes on the species page. The second photo on this record shows the eyecap reasonably clearly.
ibaird
wrote:
10 Mar 2021
I see there are no sightings of this species on the ALA or iNaturalist and only one dissimilar specimen of this distinctive but tiny moth on Bold Systems 4. Zborowski and Edwards (2007) give one page to the Nepticulidae family saying there are about 20 named Australian species with hundreds expected.
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Mar 2021
Many of the expected species are on Black Mountain (and elsewhere locally you would think). The principal researcher on Nepticulidae, Robert Hoare, did a lot of work there.
donhe
wrote:
10 Mar 2021
Scoble say this species has "Forewing dark, glossy, purplish brown with purple
reflections", and the lone specimen in BOLD has uniformly dark brown forewings.
The white patches on these CNM specimens seem to be at variance with these?
reflections", and the lone specimen in BOLD has uniformly dark brown forewings.
The white patches on these CNM specimens seem to be at variance with these?
GlennCocking
wrote:
11 Mar 2021
The species notes say "This represents a complex of many species", and many of the expected "hundreds" of new species that Ian's comment refers to will come from this complex. I've changed the title and done a bit of editing improvement. Katarina's other nepticulid might come from the same complex, i haven't been able to work that out yet.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049963-35.208587
- Altitude 551.7m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2021 11:13 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Pectinivalva commoni group undescribed species Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 580.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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