Sighting 4548067
Scythrididae (family)
Flower/Tropical Longhorned Moth at Hughes Grassy Woodland
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| Scythrididae (family) | donhe | 30 Jan 2024 | |
| Scythrididae (family) | ibaird | 30 Jan 2024 | |
| Stathmopodidae (family) | donhe | 27 Jan 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 26 Jan 2024 |
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5 comments
30 Jan 2024
But there are many unillustrated Australian Scithris species, some of which which may look similar.
30 Jan 2024
Yes, apparently many Scythris (genus) moths with world-wide distributions which look like this too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093216-35.327839
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Jan 2024 01:54 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Bursaria Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. Australian Moths visiting Flowers LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Scythrididae (family)
Species information
- Scythrididae (family) Scientific name
- Flower/Tropical Longhorned Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1001m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Machaeretis orthosema Borkhausenia albipectinata Batrachedra hypoxutha
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