Sighting 4423944
Gelechioidea (superfamily)
Unidentified Gelechioid moth at Melba, ACT
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| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | GlennCocking | 24 May 2022 | |
| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | ibaird | 12 Feb 2022 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 11 Feb 2022 |
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4 comments
12 Feb 2022
Acrididae is the dominant family of grasshoppers. This may be grasshopper mimic, but it looks like a moth to me!
12 Feb 2022
To me looks similar to Aproaerema (genus) but lacks the tell-tale white markings to be either A. simplexealla or isoscelixantha. Otherwise similar to Ardozyga anthracina, but that species appears to blacker overall - although the second image looks closer to that species.
12 Feb 2022
Aproaerema and Ardozyga species have antennae approximately 2/3 the forewing length. For this specimen the antennae appear to be only 1/3 the forewing length.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050322-35.208972
- Altitude 492.6m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2021 08:47 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gelechioidea (superfamily) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Gelechioidea (superfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified Gelechioid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 917.96m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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