Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)
Belconnen, ACT
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| Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) | donhe | 26 Sep 2023 | |
| Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) | ibaird | 26 Sep 2023 | |
| Cosmopterigidae (family) | donhe | 24 Sep 2023 | |
| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | SteveBorkowskis | 23 Sep 2023 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 23 Sep 2023 |
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10 comments
23 Sep 2023
I’m pretty sure it was a moth, but I could be wrong. I added some more photos, one shows a different angle. The plant was Chamomile Sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides). I’ll keep trying to ID it and see what I can come up with.
23 Sep 2023
Hi Ian, if you look at Gelechioidea (superfamily), it looks a lot like the moth on the white daisy in the field guide images.
24 Sep 2023
More like Heliothela (genus) but not a match to that species already recorded. No upward rurning palps visible in Heliothela because the Heliothinae subfamily is a Pyraloid moth.
24 Sep 2023
OK, your sighting is a good match the the image for the Gelechioidea (superfamily) in the field guide, but I dont know what the source of thát image is. I would like to find out.
Also similar to this sighting I think, but unlike most Glyphipterix (genus) I think.
Cosmopterigidae (family) (Unidentified Cosmopterigid moth).
Also similar to this sighting I think, but unlike most Glyphipterix (genus) I think.
Cosmopterigidae (family) (Unidentified Cosmopterigid moth).
26 Sep 2023
Thanks to Glenn Cocking for pointing me in the right direction, See also p. 109 ‘Moths in the ACT’, I had clealy forgetten about this species!
26 Sep 2023
An excellent photo. This species is apparently very well adapted to and visits daisiy flower (Asteraceae family) regulalry.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.969850-35.247672
- Altitude 492.0m
- Maps Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Sep 2023 03:40 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
- Rhodanthe anthemoides Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
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Species information
- Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 948.8m Recorded at altitude
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