Meritastis umbrosa
4 A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini) at Harrison, ACT
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| Meritastis umbrosa | donhe | 17 May 2025 | |
| Meritastis umbrosa | ibaird | 17 May 2025 | |
| Tortricinae (subfamily) | donhe | 12 May 2025 | |
| Tortricinae (subfamily) | DPRees125 | 11 May 2025 |
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at light,
5 comments
17 May 2025
Meritastis (genus) was suggested by iNaturalist;s AI algorithm.
Seems to match Meritastis umbrosa, see here:-
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/af72859d-2a7a-4973-9fe5-7d7a8bcc34fe#gallery
Seems to match Meritastis umbrosa, see here:-
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/af72859d-2a7a-4973-9fe5-7d7a8bcc34fe#gallery
17 May 2025
A new species for NatureMapr and NatureMapr's Canberra and Southern Taplelands region if confirmed. Excellent photo.
17 May 2025
Would appear to be a sexually dimorphic species, see Moths On-line (CSIRO). If so. this sighting would appear to be the male.
https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/meritastis-umbrosa/
https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/meritastis-umbrosa/
17 May 2025
Thank you for your work, it looked different from anything i'd seen before here.
Location information
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- DPRees125 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Featured Meritastis umbrosa
Species information
- Meritastis umbrosa Scientific name
- A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini) Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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