Sighting 4645966
Scythris diatoma
A Gelechioid moth at Cotter River, ACT
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| Scythris diatoma | ibaird | 22 Feb 2025 | |
| Scythris diatoma | donhe | 16 Feb 2025 | |
| Acrocercops laciniella | donhe | 16 Feb 2025 | |
| Acrocercops laciniella | RAllen | 15 Feb 2025 |
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3 comments
15 Feb 2025
I'm not sure it's A. laciniella, White streak on forewing is quite wide and the head is dark coloured, not striped white.
15 Feb 2025
I thought perhaps Scythris genus eg S. diatoma, but there is no white section on the antennae as shown on the ALA examples , See on BOLD 4
https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Scythris+diatoma&taxon=Scythris+diatoma
https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Scythris+diatoma&taxon=Scythris+diatoma
Location information
- Coordinates 148.817581-35.534564
- Altitude 1466.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2025 04:08 PM Recorded on
- RAllen Recorded by
- coronidium monticola Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Australian Moths visiting Flowers RAllen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Scythris diatoma
Species information
- Scythris diatoma Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1655.46m Recorded at altitude
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