A Fairy moth at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Ceromitia (genus) | 29 Apr 2020 | donhe | ||
| Ceromitia leptosticta | 29 Apr 2020 | CathB |
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See also sighting 4258121 in same area
4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
29 Apr 2020
I'm pretty confident this is a Ceromitia spp., but I'm not confident as to species. There are two other named species on Bold Systems 4 which look very similar. Although probably not C. iolampra because that species has black banding across the forewing.
donhe
wrote:
29 Apr 2020
Of the other Ceromitia species in BOLD: Ceromitia iolampra has prominent pale and dark transverse bands in Donald's photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/4521853473/
I think the wing scales have been smudged in many of the BOLD specimens. Ceromitia lobatahas no country indicated and does not occur in any Australian list, Ceromitia wahlbergi has bold stripes and is from South Africa.
donhe
wrote:
29 Apr 2020
The unillustrated Ceromitia autoscia was described by Meyrick from a Gisbourne specimen as having forewings "whitish grey, irregularly strewn with small fuscous dots and strigulae".
Turner's description of Ceromitia leptosticta forewings is "white, with numerous pale-grey dots tending to form interrupted transverse strigulae"
This specimen appears to be grey with white dots
Strigulae = "fine short transverse mark or lines", see
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm
I think it is an undescribed species.
Turner's description of Ceromitia leptosticta forewings is "white, with numerous pale-grey dots tending to form interrupted transverse strigulae"
This specimen appears to be grey with white dots
Strigulae = "fine short transverse mark or lines", see
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm
I think it is an undescribed species.
ibaird
wrote:
30 Apr 2020
This species apparently also has a blackish woolly head with a prominent white patch.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073732-35.266306
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 28 Apr 2020 05:30 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Ceromitia (genus) Scientific name
- A Fairy moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 544m Recorded at altitude
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