a Tortrix Moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Merophyas therina | 28 Dec 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Merophyas therina | 28 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Meritastis pyrosemana | 27 Dec 2021 | kasiaaus |
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6 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
28 Dec 2021
I'm not sure Don. See some of the ALA sightings at https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fd6c27dc-bb92-4345-aa0f-467baaef0d54#gallery
kasiaaus
wrote:
28 Dec 2021
I accept that you know better but I still have doubts. Have a look at Merophyas therina (Clepsis therina) on iNat and ALA. Hmm...
kasiaaus
wrote:
2 Jan 2022
This one still worries me. Can you check is against both species again Ian?
ibaird
wrote:
2 Jan 2022
This is the form I look for when identifting M. pyrosemana : https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/249f0c9f-6d41-446e-9455-d5386b946c0b Bold Systems shows this form consistently, but it also shows another blacker, broad banded form which I suspect may be evidence of the sexes being different (Bold doesn't tell you the sexes). This is the form I believe we are calling Merophyas. therina: https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/1507f08f-ab25-47dd-9bb1-bae69812574d See also http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/tort/therina.html I don;t think ALA sightings can always be relied on because I understand the IDs are often provided by the observer and not refereed by a second or third party.
kasiaaus
wrote:
2 Jan 2022
Thanks Ian. It's interesting that when I look at all the evidence my conclusion is still Meritastis pyrosemana. There are may factors that I think point me in this direction: colour (more grey), smoothness of the background colour, size (I think it's slightly bigger but that's impossible to see in a photo) and the pattern has elements that match it better as well. I am, however, giving up now :-)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050242-35.208632
- Altitude 579.2m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Oct 2021 12:10 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Merophyas therina Scientific name
- a Tortrix Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 854.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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