Sighting 4412791
A curved-horn moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Stegasta variana | 16 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Stegasta variana | 15 Dec 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Stegasta (genus) | 15 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Stegasta variana | 15 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Dec 2021 | kasiaaus |
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6 comments
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2021
Yes, but there are quite a few similar looking Stegasta (genus) species on Bold Systens 4.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2021
I've tried to add Stegasta variana'to the taxonomy twice as an option, but it has not appeared yet.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2021
It appears in ''Úncategorised Species'. I've asked Administration to transfer it to Gelechiod moths.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2021
Looking at the Bold breakdown of Stegasta spp. Glenn Cocking agrees that although there is some uncertainty regarding S. variana (- and it is not sure this specimen prominently shows silver refections as S. stagasta does) it would be sensible to call the ACT specimens S. variana.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050470-35.208600
- Altitude 558.5m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2021 10:19 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Stegasta variana Scientific name
- A curved-horn moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 609m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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