Mimaglossa nauplialis and habitalis

O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Mimaglossa nauplialis and habitalis	23 Mar 2021	GlennCocking
	Mimaglossa nauplialis and habitalis	26 Feb 2021	ibaird

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Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).

2 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

26 Feb 2021

I don't understand why this record and 4368703 are M. habitalis, not previously recorded in the ACT, rather than the common M. nauplialis.

ibaird wrote:

26 Feb 2021

I was not aware M. habitalis had not been recorded in the ACT. Bold Systems 4 shows records for coastal NSW, Tasmania and WA. I supposed the moth and 4368703 looked more like specimens of M. habitalis (quite variable, and the costal makings matched) on the ALA than M. naupliasis. mhewish commented on iNaturalist she does not know how to reliably separate the two species. Happy to revert to M. naupliasis if that's the case. I note vicfazio3 asserts the 'the antemedial crossline" is unique to M. habitalis - but I'm not sure whate he means by that.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.113314 -35.259562
Altitude 600.6m
Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Feb 2021 10:12 PM Recorded on
ibaird Recorded by
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Mimaglossa nauplialis and habitalis Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 626.74m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania