Sighting 4371999
A Stenomatinae moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Phylomictis maligna | 16 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Phylomictis maligna | 15 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 15 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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User's notes
About 12mm
1 comment
kasiaaus
wrote:
15 Feb 2021
There seem to be two moths that look very similar but one is much larger than the other one. They are possibly mixed up under the Phylomictis maligna name or they could be male and female. This is the small one and so is sighting 4369642. Sighting 4361619 is the larger one. They are on the same white sheet so you can compare the size by the thread count. The white pattern is also slightly different but it seems to be variable in this species. The antennae and the legs look identical. Hmmm...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050232-35.208433
- Altitude 552.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2021 11:10 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phylomictis maligna Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Phylomictis maligna Scientific name
- A Stenomatinae moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 641.2m Recorded at altitude
- 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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