A concealer moth at Gundaroo, NSW
Identification history
| Telocharacta metachroa | Yesterday | donhe | ||
| Telocharacta metachroa | 15 Dec 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Dec 2024 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Did just manage to capture a faint image of the palps.
3 comments
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2024
Not sure this E. acutella because this moth has a slight collar and dark coloured basal segment to its palps.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2024
I think T. metachroa is a reasonabl ID because the moth has a pale yellow forewing, a slight collar (secon image) and the palps match the appearance of other exmples of the species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.296980-35.022238
- Altitude 676.1m
- Maps Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo)
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2024 07:32 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Telocharacta metachroa Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1302.52m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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