Sighting 4572890
Scythrididae (family)
Flower/Tropical Longhorned Moth at Mount Majura
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| Scythrididae (family) | donhe | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| Scythrididae (family) | WendyEM | 30 Oct 2024 | |
| Unverified | JenniM | 26 May 2024 |
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User's notes
This record has now been divided into 5 separate records, 1 for each moth: # 4573010, 4573016, 4573019, 4573022 and 4573024.
2 comments
26 May 2024
@JenniM: I think there are more than one species of moth in this photo. In CNM we try to make each sighting a photo of only one moth individual. Can you crop your photo into sections that each have only one moth please?
29 May 2024
I would be interested in the plant - Jenni could you please post the photo again and record "plant / daisy" so that someone can identify the plant species.
The yellow colour of the flower is attractive to insects; I wonder whether it provides what it advertises? But attractors in themself are interesting, because they can be "meet and mate" places.
The yellow colour of the flower is attractive to insects; I wonder whether it provides what it advertises? But attractors in themself are interesting, because they can be "meet and mate" places.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.169123-35.229865
- Altitude 656.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 13 May 2024 12:51 PM Recorded on
- JenniM Recorded by
- Capeweed Associated plant
- The same moth in a group Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Australian Moths visiting Flowers JenniM 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
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location