Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth at Macgregor, ACT
Identification history
| Scopula rubraria | 7 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Scopula rubraria | 7 Oct 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 7 Oct 2025 | LD12 |
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User's notes
Interesting self preservation behaviour including perching on the road and flattening itself down, and tumbling in the wind resembling leaves
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
7 Oct 2025
I surmise this is our most commonly observed moth species! A daytime flyer.
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Oct 2025
Their larvae are happy to eat introduced lawn and pasture plants and weeds
Location information
- Coordinates 148.998961-35.208179
- Altitude 579.0m
- Places Macgregor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2025 11:47 AM Recorded on
- LD12 Recorded by
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LD12 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scopula rubraria Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Scopula rubraria Scientific name
- Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1614.9m Recorded at altitude
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