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Sighting 4656334

Megalorhipida leucodactyla

Spiderling Moth at Melba, ACT

Megalorhipida leucodactyla at Melba, ACT - 25 Mar 2025 10:28 PM
Megalorhipida leucodactyla at Melba, ACT - 25 Mar 2025 10:28 PM
Megalorhipida leucodactyla at Melba, ACT - 25 Mar 2025 10:28 PM
Megalorhipida leucodactyla at Melba, ACT - 25 Mar 2025 10:28 PM
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Megalorhipida leucodactyla 28 Mar 2025 donhe
Megalorhipida leucodactyla 28 Mar 2025 kasiaaus

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3 comments

kasiaaus wrote:
   28 Mar 2025
This moth is called Megalorhipida leucodactylus on iNat. I wonder if this name should be a synonym or if one of the names is a mistake.
donhe wrote:
   28 Mar 2025
Fabricius put it in the (masculine) genus Pterophorus so gave the species the masculine ending too, as the the system has the genus a noun and the species an adjective, so in Latin the adjective must agree in gender with the noun it describes. Subsequently the species was moved to the genus Megalorhipida, a feminine noun, so some taxonomists ,(like those in AFD) changed the suffix to match, and some (like those in iNat) didn't.
kasiaaus wrote:
   28 Mar 2025
Thanks Don. I've added it as a synonym.

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Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Megalorhipida leucodactyla Scientific name
  • Spiderling Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 645.9m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Pterophorus leucodactylus Megalorhipida leucodactylus

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