Chrysolarentia cataphaea
Plain Mountain Carpet at Kosciuszko National Park
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| Chrysolarentia cataphaea | donhe | 30 Jan 2024 | ||
| Chrysolarentia cataphaea | Kallies | 30 Jan 2024 | ||
| Chrysolarentia (genus) | Pirom | 26 Feb 2022 |
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Tooma river, feeding on asteraceae. C. heterotropa?
2 comments
26 Feb 2022
Yes, I think Chrysolarentia heterotropa is highly likely, see CSIRO Moths online:
https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/chrysolarentia-heterotropa/
However, the angle of the photo makes it a little uncertain as to whether the prominent main line in the forewing is sufficiently curved tio match that species. There are very few photos online of that species to compare it with.
https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/chrysolarentia-heterotropa/
However, the angle of the photo makes it a little uncertain as to whether the prominent main line in the forewing is sufficiently curved tio match that species. There are very few photos online of that species to compare it with.
27 Feb 2022
Thanks. I thought heterotropa over likely alternative, cataphaea, because of wing patterning https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/892111-Chrysolarentia-cataphaea/browse_photos. But as you say, photos limited.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.281892-36.110508
- Altitude 1269.3m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Jagungal Wilderness, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 15 Feb 2022 04:16 PM Recorded on
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- Australian Moths visiting Flowers Pirom NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Chrysolarentia cataphaea
Species information
- Chrysolarentia cataphaea Scientific name
- Plain Mountain Carpet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1870.11m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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