Chrysolarentia argocyma
White-waved Carpet at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Chrysolarentia argocyma | ibaird | 7 Jun 2025 | |
| Chrysolarentia argocyma | WendyEM | 7 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | RAllen | 10 Dec 2022 |
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4 comments
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.962475-35.833106
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2022 10:08 AM Recorded on
- RAllen Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- RAllen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Chrysolarentia argocyma Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
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3 / 7
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