Pherechoa crypsichlora
Hypeninae at Melba, ACT
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| Pherechoa crypsichlora | donhe | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Pherechoa crypsichlora | WendyEM | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Nola (genus) | donhe | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Elesma subglauca | donhe | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 4 Mar 2025 |
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Same as sightings 4640931 and 4640517 (see discussion there).
4 comments
6 Mar 2025
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=323799
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/710381-Pherechoa-crypsichlora
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/710381-Pherechoa-crypsichlora
6 Mar 2025
Wow! Thank you Wendy. That is definitely it - Pherechoa crypsichlora :-) The sightings on iNat are a bit further North but it is the same moth.
6 Mar 2025
Fascia boundary lines a good match to Pherechoa crypsichlora, but its pale patches are a worry. I think it looks more like BOLD Pherechoa sp. ANIC3 [2].
Location information
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pherechoa crypsichlora Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Pherechoa crypsichlora Scientific name
- Hypeninae Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1264.3m Recorded at altitude
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