Glyphipterix (genus)
A sedge moth at Cotter River, ACT
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| Glyphipterix (genus) | donhe | 15 Mar 2025 | |
| Glyphipterix (genus) | WendyEM | 15 Mar 2025 | |
| Cosmopterigidae (family) | donhe | 14 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | DavidDedenczuk | 14 Mar 2025 |
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unknown grey and white banded tiny moth. on a flower with a ?flying ant
8 comments
14 Mar 2025
@DavidDedenczuk : please can you crop the original to just show the moth, and add that to this sighting? Black with 3 white bands : maybe eg: Limnaecia polycydista or eg: Macrobathra euspila. Not enough resolution in this NMr image when enlarged to distinguish the species.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.768370-35.489199
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2025 02:40 PM Recorded on
- DavidDedenczuk Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Australian Moths visiting Flowers DavidDedenczuk NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Glyphipterix (genus)
Species information
- Glyphipterix (genus) Scientific name
- A sedge moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location