Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria | 20 May 2022 | GlennCocking | ||
| Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria | 3 May 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Smyriodes trigramma | 3 May 2022 | kasiaaus |
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6 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
3 May 2022
I'm wondering if I should have suggested Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria instead. Maybe we should not have a separate S. trigramma?
ibaird
wrote:
3 May 2022
I'm not sure, I seem to recall Glen saying it didn't occur here, but we should raise the issue with him again. Not sure how you tell the two apart. Moths of the ACT is silent on S .trigramma.
donhe
wrote:
3 May 2022
I can see no simple consistent visual clues for separating the 3 Smyriodes species in
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=142352
I suggest we lump them all together as Smyriodes (genus).
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=142352
I suggest we lump them all together as Smyriodes (genus).
ibaird
wrote:
4 May 2022
Glenn C. maintains that S. trigramma is primarily 'a western species' but that its presence in the ACT cannot be ruled out. Glenn won't be active on CNM for about a fortnight till he returns from Qld. Bold Systems 4 records tend to bear this out as do the notes for A. trigramma in Moths of Victoria (Part 5). MoV also says S. aplectaria occurs in the ACT too. Looking closely based on the MoV reference images for the two named species I would say there is a discernable difference in main forewing wing pattern between these two species. This record I would say is closer to S. trigramma than S. aplectaria. Looking at Bold Systems I would say S. trigramma is distinct (ie. much more scalloped foriwung main line) whereas differentiating between S, aplectaria and the un-named Smyriodes sp. is more difficult.
GlennCocking
wrote:
20 May 2022
ANIC treats the local specimens as an undescribed species. Differentiating single photos among the three species isn't going to work well. We should call them the undescribed species until more is known.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050608-35.208170
- Altitude 644.1m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2022 11:53 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 967.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Cleora dolichoptila
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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