Sighting 4376784
Lecithocera undescribed species nr terrigena
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| Lecithocera undescribed species nr terrigena | ibaird | 22 Mar 2021 | |
| Lecithocera undescribed species nr terrigena | drakes | 22 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Body/wings about 8 mm long; antennae another 8 mm. ID (tentative) from photos in CNM; did also consider Scatochresis episema. Cook, suburban garden.
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22 Mar 2021
Looks very similar to Lecithocera micromela. lighter colur than L. terrigena. L. micromela said to occur both in Australia and New Zealand. See: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82a18589-ec39-4570-839a-fd60dd2e0ad2 .
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- drakes Recorded by
- Garden shrub, probably non-native. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) drakes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lecithocera undescribed species nr terrigena
Species information
- Lecithocera undescribed species nr terrigena Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 653m Recorded at altitude
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