Loweria platydesma
Broken-banded Cape-moth at Paddys River, ACT
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| Amelora mesocapna | 1 Jun 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Loweria platydesma | 17 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 17 Mar 2021 | kasiaaus |
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4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
17 Mar 2021
I think this looks more like Loweria platydesma than Androchela milvana yet the latter has a more southern and eastern distribution than the former for which there appaer to be no records east of western NSW online incljding on Bold Systems 4 unless there is another similar species.
donhe
wrote:
17 Mar 2021
Androchela milvaria ? This photo looks quite like that of Cathy Powers at
https://images.ala.org.au/image/viewer?imageId=67771998-e03e-4d86-a851-2cf61ce5fb6e
https://images.ala.org.au/image/viewer?imageId=67771998-e03e-4d86-a851-2cf61ce5fb6e
ibaird
wrote:
17 Mar 2021
I think Cathy's image looks like other A. milvaria images I see online, but this moth seems to have a much more irregular boundary on the hindmost edge of the black forewing patch which seems to correspond more closely with L. platydesma. After allthe Australian Capital Territory is located on the western side of the Great Dividing Range and falls within the Murray Darling catchment!
Location information
- Coordinates 148.908355-35.460005
- Altitude 780.0m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2021 09:53 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Loweria platydesma
Species information
- Loweria platydesma Scientific name
- Broken-banded Cape-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 780m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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