Sighting 4639814
Cryptophasa (genus)
A Timber moth (Xyloryctidae) at Aranda, ACT
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| Cryptophasa (genus) | ibaird | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| Cryptophasa (genus) | donhe | 19 Apr 2025 | |
| Cryptophasa irrorata | ibaird | 18 Apr 2025 | |
| Doleromima hypoxantha | donhe | 19 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | KMcCue | 19 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
The moth was on a table under a red umbrella, hard to filter out the red.
8 comments
18 Apr 2025
Cryptophasa irrorata? - given the pink colour is artificoial and caused by the red umbrella overhead?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081481-35.258125
- Altitude 640.7m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Jan 2025 12:05 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KMcCue NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Cryptophasa (genus)
Species information
- Cryptophasa (genus) Scientific name
- A Timber moth (Xyloryctidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 640.69m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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