Synemon plana

2 Golden Sun Moth at Goorooyarroo NR (ACT)

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Identification history

	Synemon plana	22 Nov 2023	donhe
	Synemon plana	22 Nov 2023	DPRees125

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One bothered to stop from its task of batting about like a mad thing insearch of a female, nice to see them out and about again

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

27 Nov 2023

Thanks David - I was hoping for a big year for this species - but hasn't happened yet

DPRees125 wrote:

27 Nov 2023

I agree, maybe it needs a year of recovery, the wet weather we are having now may not be helping the adults as they do their business. There are reasonable numbers of males in the general vecinity of this record now

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
22 Nov 2023 10:48 AM Recorded on
DPRees125 Recorded by
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Insects Sun moths (Castniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Male Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Synemon plana Scientific name
Golden Sun Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Vulnerable *
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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