Miscera homotona
1 A Little Bear moth (family Brachodidae) at Bruce, ACT
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| Miscera homotona | donhe | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| Miscera homotona | ibaird | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| Brachodidae Miscera homotona | Roger | 23 Feb 2021 |
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After looking at iNaturalist and ALA, this moth appears to be in the family Brachodidae, subfamily Brachodinae species Miscera homotona
7 comments
23 Feb 2021
There are records on the ALA for Queensland and the ACT. The most recent record there was described as 'Central Canberra', date 31/1/2021 by Donald Hobern.
24 Feb 2021
The appearance of this species on Black Mountain is very interesting, as it had previously only been recorded in Queensland. It has been recorded a few other times on Black Mountain in between the iNAT record and this one. Roger, was your moth perched in the powerline clearing?
24 Feb 2021
Note from Donald Hobern - I didn't describe it as "Central Canberra" (on iNaturalist) - that was just how my coordinates got categorised somewhere.
24 Feb 2021
Note to Donald Hobern. Yes, I should have cited the details of your record which makes it very clear it was Black Mountain to 6m accuracy.
24 Feb 2021
No worries - I was just trying to be clear I hadn't seen one at the National Library or wherever ... I found the first one on 1 January some way to the south of the powerline trail. It was there again in the same place the next day. Glenn found several by sweeping in the same area. My most recent was on 31 January close to the powerline.
24 Feb 2021
Yes it was under the powerlines, if you put these GPS co-ordinates into Mr google and go to satellite from the map it shows where I took the images. 35°15'40.896" S 149°5'32.524" E
24 Feb 2021
Thanks - that's to the west of either of the locations where I found them:
35°15'56.2"S 149°05'38.2"E
35°15'39.5"S 149°06'04.3"E
35°15'56.2"S 149°05'38.2"E
35°15'39.5"S 149°06'04.3"E
Location information
- Coordinates 149.092197-35.261422
- Altitude 676.4m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Feb 2021 10:31 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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Species information
- Miscera homotona Scientific name
- A Little Bear moth (family Brachodidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 676.4m Recorded at altitude
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