Emperor Gum Moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Opodiphthera eucalypti | 1 Mar 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Opodiphthera eucalypti | 1 Mar 2020 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Alarmed and resting stance of a male Emperor Gum Moth, wingspan 12 cm.
4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
2 Mar 2020
I understand our policy now is (Glenn C. and I discussed this recently) to use the nomenclature which is current on the Australian Faunal Directory generally without synonyms, unless a synonym is in common use., So yes, I'll add the Austrocaligula eucalypti synonym and for O. helena.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152032-35.259234
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Feb 2020 10:21 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Emperor moths (Saturniidae)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Opodiphthera eucalypti Scientific name
- Emperor Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1188.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Austrocaligula eucalypti
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