Abantiades (genus)
1 A Swift or Ghost moth at Brindabella, ACT
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| Abantiades labyrinthicus | ibaird | 21 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 21 Feb 2021 |
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A Ghost moth?? Was on the door/window of my car. When it flew off (not willingly) it looked like a microbat :)
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21 Feb 2021
A female Abantiades sp, (genus) I think, The antennae a small and thin and the wing markings faint and abbreviated ansd moth is large in size - but this family is notorious for variations in colour and wing patterns within species. I have initially suggested A. labryinthicus considering likelihood and the Abantiades genus known distributions ( see Simonsen T.J 1918 CSIRO) , but A. magnficus is also a possibility. see also:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/3192f93e-bb60-46c3-99e7-aebf0b43b718
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/3192f93e-bb60-46c3-99e7-aebf0b43b718
21 Feb 2021
A third species that has similar females is Abantiades latipennis. Males were seen in numbers at 1200m in the ranges further west earlier in the week. And also female Abantiades atripalpis inn April/May
Location information
- Coordinates 148.769241-35.474382
- Maps Bimberi Nature Reserve
- Places Brindabella, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2021 11:30 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Abantiades (genus) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Abantiades (genus) Scientific name
- A Swift or Ghost moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1308.4m Recorded at altitude
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