Megalorhipida leucodactyla
Spiderling Moth at Melba, ACT
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| Megalorhipida leucodactyla | donhe | 28 Mar 2025 | |
| Megalorhipida leucodactyla | kasiaaus | 28 Mar 2025 |
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3 comments
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.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050291-35.208570
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2025 10:28 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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Species information
- Megalorhipida leucodactyla Scientific name
- Spiderling Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 653m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pterophorus leucodactylus Megalorhipida leucodactylus
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