Sighting 4556252
Scythrididae (family)
Flower/Tropical Longhorned Moth at Namadgi National Park
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| Scythrididae (family) | ibaird | 1 Mar 2024 | |
| Scythrididae (family) | WendyEM | 29 Feb 2024 | |
| Gelechiidae (family) | donhe | 28 Feb 2024 | |
| Phthorimaea operculella | donhe | 28 Feb 2024 | |
| Unverified | Miranda | 28 Feb 2024 |
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User's notes
Around 5-6mm
3 comments
28 Feb 2024
This moth has a prominent white segment in its antennae which I don;t see in P. operculella.
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
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scythrididae (family) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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
Record quality
Quality score
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