Saunders' case moth at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Metura elongatus | 20 Sep 2021 | donhe | ||
| Metura (genus) | 20 Sep 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Metura species (genus) | 17 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Metura elongatus | 14 Mar 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
A different moth from that reported earlier. Suspect that this is a later instar of sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/4198622
7 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
19 Sep 2021
It's not clear whether this record is being identified to a particular undescribed species in the Metura genus, in which case the item in the taxonomy should be "Metura undescribed species", or just attributed to the Metura genus, in which case the item in the taxonomy should be "Metura (genus)". "Metura species (genus)" shouldn't be used. When that is clarified, the use of the common name should be considered.
donhe
wrote:
19 Sep 2021
So far it is not clear whether this is a known species or an undescribed one. How should we name the item for this situation?
GlennCocking
wrote:
19 Sep 2021
If you believe it is of genus Metura, but don't know its species, it should go to "Metura (genus)"
donhe
wrote:
20 Sep 2021
There is an illustration of a case like this of M. elongatus at fig 6B of
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344677028_Revision_of_the_genus_Metura_Lepidoptera_Psychidae_with_description_of_two_new_species#fullTextFileContent
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344677028_Revision_of_the_genus_Metura_Lepidoptera_Psychidae_with_description_of_two_new_species#fullTextFileContent
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029548-35.238165
- Altitude 663.8m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Mar 2019 09:45 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae)
Additional information
- Grevillea Associated plant
Species information
- Metura elongatus Scientific name
- Saunders' case moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Metura elongata Metura elongatus
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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