Acroceuthes metaxanthana
Dog-faced Bell Moth at Melba, ACT
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| Acroceuthes metaxanthana | GlennCocking | 28 Feb 2021 | |
| Acroceuthes metaxanthana | Bron | 28 Feb 2021 |
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User's notes
I'm surprised that this moth isn't recorded often in the ACT, I've taken 60 photos of it over 10 years, mostly in my garden. Some have had odd fluffy white 'shoulders'. Is that a gender difference?
3 comments
1 Mar 2021
The scale extensions come from a fold over the base of the costa in males only. The fold is visible as a curved line when closed, and would have show in photo 2 of this female if it were a male.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053111-35.208934
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2021 12:34 PM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acroceuthes metaxanthana Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Acroceuthes metaxanthana Scientific name
- Dog-faced Bell Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 994.2m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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