Wheeleria spilodactylus
Horehound plume moth at Turner, ACT
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| Wheeleria spilodactylus | ibaird | 4 Nov 2025 | |
| Wheeleria spilodactylus | WendyEM | 4 Nov 2025 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 4 Nov 2025 |
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3 comments
4 Nov 2025
If possible it helps with the ID of these moths - Plume Moths - if you can get an image of the abdomen, from above, as well as the wings. This may require multiple images as it can be hard to get all features in focus at once.
5 Nov 2025
Wendy, will aim to do so in future. Thank you for all the moderation work you do. Getting sightings down to species level rather than to genus level is far more rewarding.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117338-35.269002
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2025 08:31 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Wheeleria spilodactylus Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Wheeleria spilodactylus Scientific name
- Horehound plume moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 782m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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