Grey Patch Bark Moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Scioglyptis chionomera | 8 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Scioglyptis chionomera | 7 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Boarmiini (tribe) | 26 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Feb 2021 | Bron |
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2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
26 Feb 2021
ALA shows s. loxographa are usually light grey, but there are darker forms. It is well known in natural history that darker forms of a species are often evident in higher altitude populations. See :https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/0fea23b2-be9b-4574-8042-e1f9a29a26bb
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053111-35.208934
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2021 11:05 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Bron
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Scioglyptis chionomera Scientific name
- Grey Patch Bark Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 884.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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