Sighting 4556252
Tropical Longhorned Moth at Namadgi National Park
Identification history
| Scythrididae (family) | 1 Mar 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Scythrididae (family) | 29 Feb 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Gelechiidae (family) | 28 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Phthorimaea operculella | 28 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Feb 2024 | Miranda |
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User's notes
Around 5-6mm
3 comments
ibaird
wrote:
28 Feb 2024
This moth has a prominent white segment in its antennae which I don;t see in P. operculella.
ibaird
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
Yes, see here:-
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/3a4e6f73-d80f-415b-a0fe-164fe22a5c4c
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/3a4e6f73-d80f-415b-a0fe-164fe22a5c4c
Location information
- Coordinates 148.835053-35.534261
- Altitude 1001.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2024 12:55 PM Recorded on
- Miranda Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Scythrididae (family) Scientific name
- Tropical Longhorned Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1001m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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