Chrysolarentia argocyma

White-waved Carpet at Mount Clear, ACT

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Identification history

Chrysolarentia argocyma	7 Jun 2025	ibaird
Chrysolarentia argocyma	7 Jun 2025	WendyEM
Unverified	10 Dec 2022	RAllen

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4 comments

ibaird wrote:

10 Dec 2022

I assume we are lokoking at the underside of the moth?

RAllen wrote:

10 Dec 2022

No this was the topside. Grass partly obscuring view was closer to observer

donhe wrote:

11 Dec 2022

Chrysolarentia cryeropa?

ibaird wrote:

11 Dec 2022

This looks to a very pale, perhaps worn specimen. Moths of Victoria only record C. cryeropa from the western dry mallee country in Victoria eg. from the Murray-Sunset National Park. On their supporting disc to Part 3 they show a series recording the great degree of variation in forewing markings in C. cryeropa from grey to brown overall from one location there. They say the moth is very similar to C. actinipha which is yet to be recorded in Victoria. However postings on the ALA contradict this and show C, actinipha records more widespread including in western NSW and southern central Victoria. Bold Sytems records support a western distrubution for C. cryeropa and C. actinipha, but there is one C. actinipha record from north eastern, NSW. It appears these two species are difficult to distinguish from one another on sight alone.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Dec 2022 10:08 AM Recorded on
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Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Chrysolarentia argocyma Scientific name
White-waved Carpet Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1805.31m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania