A Forester Moth at Point 79
Identification history
| Pollanisus (genus) | 21 Aug 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pollanisus apicalis | 29 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Pollanisus (genus) | 29 Jan 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Pollanisus viridipulverulenta | 29 Jan 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Jan 2024 | ConBoekel |
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3 comments
ConBoekel
wrote:
29 Jan 2024
Ian, thank you. I noticed that this one seemed smaller and more agile compared with the foresters I had observed so far. It would be nice to get one down to species level ID!
ibaird
wrote:
29 Jan 2024
Given you say its was smaller I'm less confident of the ID. Moth in the ACT says the larger blue green foresters are P. viridipulverulenta. I thought the head extent of blue-green colour didnt seem to match smaller Pollanisus (genus) species examples.
ConBoekel
wrote:
29 Jan 2024
Oh oh! I did say 'seemed'! Did you note the slight kink in the antennae?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108870-35.261885
- Altitude 638.9m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2024 11:29 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) ConBoekel
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Pollanisus (genus) Scientific name
- A Forester Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1429.73m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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