Red-spotted Delicate at Gundaroo, NSW
Identification history
| Epicyme rubropunctaria | 31 Oct 2022 | donhe | ||
| Epicyme rubropunctaria | 31 Oct 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Scopula (genus) | 31 Oct 2022 | Gunyijan |
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User's notes
Strong winds inhibited moth movements. This moth did well to cling onto the grass (bromus sp.) long enough for a photo. The hill was alive with Variable wave moths, just pror to the 56mm plus rain that would follow.
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
31 Oct 2022
Food plants recorded for this species include Gereniaceae family IGeraniums) and Haloragaceaa family (Raspworts).
Gunyijan
wrote:
31 Oct 2022
Thank you for this information, this hill has abundant reserves of Genocarpus tetragynus (common rasport) and geranium solanderi.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.216506-35.034692
- Altitude 668.0m
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 50 Abundance
- 31 Oct 2022 12:01 PM Recorded on
- Gunyijan Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) Gunyijan
Additional information
- Grasses (bromus sp) and herbs on eastern side of hill. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding Insect behaviour on flower
- N/A Bird behaviour at hollow
Species information
- Epicyme rubropunctaria Scientific name
- Red-spotted Delicate Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 999.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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