Brown Scale-moth at Franklin, ACT
Identification history
| Mataeomera coccophaga | 2 Jan 2025 | donhe | ||
| Mataeomera coccophaga | 2 Jan 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2025 | chriselidie |
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1 comment
chriselidie
wrote:
2 Jan 2025
Yes, this suggestion looks like a good match. Makes sense as I saw the eucalyptus scale insects that the larvae eat in the garden too.
Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Collections
chriselidie Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Dried out lemon tree Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Mataeomera coccophaga Scientific name
- Brown Scale-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 630m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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