Chloroclystis pallidiplaga

White-shouldered Pug Moth at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

Chloroclystis pallidiplaga	1 May 2025	donhe
Chloroclystis pallidiplaga	1 May 2025	WendyEM
Unverified	5 Nov 2024	AlisonMilton

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2 comments

donhe wrote:

1 May 2025

What are the diagnostic differences between C. filata and C. pallidiplaga ?

ibaird wrote:

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).

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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
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Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

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Northern Territory

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South Australia

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