A Scale Moth, Acontiinae at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Mataeomera (genus) | 4 Jan 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Mataeomera (genus) | 4 Jan 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Catoblemma or Mataeomera sp (a scale moth) | 3 Jan 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Chrysopidae (family) | 7 Jul 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Jan 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - 12mm; this creature had hidden legs and moved slowly on the tree; Conder, ACT.
3 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
11 Feb 2017
No idea what this is. Was there a larva or something inside it, Michael?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
11 Feb 2017
The size was 12mm, it had hidden legs and moved slowly on the tree. I thought it might be a lacewing larva. Later on I found the protective covering abandoned.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
4 Jan 2019
ID by Roger Farrow. See conversation on this sighting:
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Eriococcus coriaceus (Gumtree Scale) on 20 Dec 2018Location information
- Coordinates 149.101456-35.464720
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2016 08:12 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Mataeomera (genus) Scientific name
- A Scale Moth, Acontiinae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 658.56m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Catoblemma sp. (genus)
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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