Chloroclystis pallidiplaga
White-shouldered Pug Moth at Higgins, ACT
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| Chloroclystis pallidiplaga | donhe | 1 May 2025 | |
| Chloroclystis pallidiplaga | WendyEM | 1 May 2025 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 5 Nov 2024 |
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2 May 2025
See notes here copied fron Sighting 4517837
For notes identifying features separating Chloroclystis filata, and Chloroclystis pallidiplaga/Pasiiphodes testulata see pp. 196-7 of 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking et al (2022). ie.: "C. filata 'is very common and can be recognised by the dark patch inside the apex of the forewing, and in some specimens there is also a white patch extending inwards from near the inner margin (see arrows on photos p. 196). Chloroclystis pallidiplaga (or Pasidiphilodes [Chloroclystis] testulata, a very similar species) usually has two distinctive white patches on the forewing in different positions from the white patch that can occur on C. filata." (These different white patch positions are illustrated on pp. 196 and 197 for the two different species).
For notes identifying features separating Chloroclystis filata, and Chloroclystis pallidiplaga/Pasiiphodes testulata see pp. 196-7 of 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking et al (2022). ie.: "C. filata 'is very common and can be recognised by the dark patch inside the apex of the forewing, and in some specimens there is also a white patch extending inwards from near the inner margin (see arrows on photos p. 196). Chloroclystis pallidiplaga (or Pasidiphilodes [Chloroclystis] testulata, a very similar species) usually has two distinctive white patches on the forewing in different positions from the white patch that can occur on C. filata." (These different white patch positions are illustrated on pp. 196 and 197 for the two different species).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029557-35.238151
- Altitude 500.1m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2024 08:16 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Chloroclystis pallidiplaga Scientific name
- White-shouldered Pug Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 648.4m Recorded at altitude
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