Sighting 4514708
Macrobathra platychroa
7 A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae) at Hackett, ACT
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| Macrobathra platychroa | donhe | 7 Oct 2023 | |
| Macrobathra platychroa | ibaird | 7 Oct 2023 | |
| Macrobathra (genus) | jb2602 | 6 Oct 2023 |
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Significant sighting
ibaird noted:
7 Oct 2023
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a48d7326-8396-44e5-87d5-612d882fedc0 Previously recorded once by G. Cocking in the ACT at CSIRO Green as part of an ACT Bioblitz Survey 26/10/2013 All previous records online are from southern Victoria near Melbourne, so this second observation in the ACT confirms its occurrence here.
1 comment
7 Oct 2023
A new species for CNM if approved.
I think this is a good match for M. platychroa, see
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a48d7326-8396-44e5-87d5-612d882fedc0
Previously recorded once by G. Cocking in the ACT at CSIRO Green as part of an ACT Bioblitz Survey 26/10/2013 All previous records online are from southern Victoria near Melbourne, so this second observation in the ACT confirms its occurrence here.
Nice, clear photo
I think this is a good match for M. platychroa, see
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a48d7326-8396-44e5-87d5-612d882fedc0
Previously recorded once by G. Cocking in the ACT at CSIRO Green as part of an ACT Bioblitz Survey 26/10/2013 All previous records online are from southern Victoria near Melbourne, so this second observation in the ACT confirms its occurrence here.
Nice, clear photo
Location information
- Coordinates 149.172096-35.261786
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2023 08:03 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Featured Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Macrobathra platychroa
Species information
- Macrobathra platychroa Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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