Echinocosma catachrysa
Philobota Group at Campbell, ACT
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| Echinocosma catachrysa | WendyEM | 19 Nov 2025 | |
| Echinocosma catachrysa | ibaird | 19 Nov 2025 | |
| Merocroca automima | DianneClarke | 20 Oct 2025 | |
| Merocroca automima | WendyEM | 20 Oct 2025 | |
| Merocroca (genus) | Hejor1 | 20 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
The black tip on the tail is a lit more smudges than the other Merocroca
2 comments
19 Nov 2025
Well spotted. Merocroca automima has the yellow extend further along the costa to the apex, beside the brown patch. In Echinocosma catachrysa it does not.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=789423
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=425906
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=789423
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=425906
Location information
- Coordinates 149.149542-35.287931
- Altitude 601.2m
- Places Campbell, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2025 05:07 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Echinocosma catachrysa Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Echinocosma catachrysa Scientific name
- Philobota Group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 807.85m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species