Melanodes anthracitaria

Black Geometrid at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Melanodes anthracitaria	17 Aug 2021	donhe
	Melanodes anthracitaria	16 Aug 2021	AlisonMilton

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A surprise emergence. Collected as a larvae but later placed in my 'Lost causes' container. A container I use for the cocoons I think have taken too long to emerge so consequently think have died, or occasionally, have lost the origin tag. So wasn't expecting to find anything when I checked the container yesterday. However, on checking other reports the larvae for this species has already been identified so only the origin of the larvae has been 'lost'. Most likely The Pinnacle or Cook/Mt Painter region. Fortunately, she was still alive so time to start checking all containers every day, which I haven't been doing during winter.

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donhe wrote:

17 Aug 2021

Did you put a photo of the larva on CNM?

AlisonMilton wrote:

17 Aug 2021

@donhe Don, I did but I now don't know which one it was. There are a couple that look like the larvae for this species, but I can't be certain of which one, which is why I suggested either the Pinnacle or Cook.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029526 -35.238193
Altitude 618.1m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Aug 2021 02:08 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Melanodes anthracitaria Scientific name
Black Geometrid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1635.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Praxis corvus

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