Crypsiphona ocultaria

Red-lined Looper Moth at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

	Crypsiphona ocultaria	22 Mar 2021	ibaird
	Crypsiphona ocultaria	22 Mar 2021	kasiaaus

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kasiaaus wrote:

22 Mar 2021

This is the second time I have had a brown looking moth like this. While it is probably Crypsiphona ocultaria it has an unusual feature besides being brown in that the normally black spot under the hindwing is a reddish line.

ibaird wrote:

22 Mar 2021

Looking at the underside photo of a male on Lepidoptera Butterfly House I see a dark line and no b;ack spot as in your photo. There is a second black dot on the underside of the forewing though (see second photo) which sometimes looks as though its on the hindwing. Its largely obscured by the hindwing in the fourth photo.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.050302 -35.208605
Altitude 583.4m
Places Melba, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
14 Mar 2021 02:35 AM Recorded on
kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Crypsiphona ocultaria Scientific name
Red-lined Looper Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 882.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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