Entometa apicalis

Gum Snout Moth at QPRC LGA

Entometa apicalis at QPRC LGA - 17 Mar 2024 10:14 PM
Entometa apicalis at QPRC LGA - 17 Mar 2024 10:14 PM
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Identification history

Entometa apicalis 30 Mar 2024 donhe
Entometa apicalis 30 Mar 2024 ibaird
Entometa chlorosacca 18 Mar 2024 WendyEM
Entometa (genus) 18 Mar 2024 DianneClarke

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Quite stikingly blue antennae under lights

4 comments

donhe wrote:
   18 Mar 2024
Interesting. Why E. chlorosacca ?
ibaird wrote:
   30 Mar 2024
i'm not sure this moth correlates with E. chlorosacca as illustrated on Lepidoptera Butterfly House. not E. fervens?
DianneClarke wrote:
   30 Mar 2024
Entometa apicalis?
ibaird wrote:
   30 Mar 2024
Given the notes on Entometa (genus) at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/4782. E. apicalis seems to me to most likely.

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  • 50mm or larger Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Entometa apicalis Scientific name
  • Gum Snout Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 623.4m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Opsirhina decorata

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