A Geometer Moth at Wanniassa, ACT
Identification history
| Idaea (genus) | 17 Nov 2018 | ibaird | ||
| Idaea (genus) | 17 Nov 2018 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Nov 2018 | JohnBundock |
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User's notes
About 13mm across.
5 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
17 Nov 2018
The accepted wisdom is that scales between the bases of the antennae is light in the case of inversata and light in the case of costaria.
ibaird
wrote:
18 Nov 2018
I think you may have meant 'darker' in the case of I. inversata. Difficult to see the scales between the bases of the antennae in this case.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093237-35.393720
- Altitude 641.3m
- Places Wanniassa, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2018 08:52 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Idaea (genus) Scientific name
- A Geometer Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 653.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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