Acmosara polyxena
Heliocosma Group at Aranda, ACT
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| Acmosara polyxena | ibaird | 21 May 2026 | |
| Acmosara polyxena | WendyEM | 21 May 2026 | |
| Carposinidae (family) | WendyEM | 21 May 2026 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 19 May 2026 |
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User's notes
First photo transferred from Sighting 4728320, and two more of what I think is the same moth added . I saw it land there, but couldn't actually see what I was photographing. It turned out to be some rather confused underside pictures, but perhaps they might be useful?
2 comments
21 May 2026
this moth looks somewhat like Acmosara polyxena with its tuft down.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1151574
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1151574
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084512-35.271835
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 May 2026 03:16 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Acmosara polyxena
Species information
- Acmosara polyxena Scientific name
- Heliocosma Group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location