Sighting 4369651
1 Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Elachista flammula | 1 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Elachista flammula | 1 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Labdia (genus) | 28 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Cosmopterigidae (family) | 11 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Cosmopterigidae (family) | 11 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
2 Mar 2021
One of the first photographs of a wild specimen of this species that is only known from the Canberra area and one record from the Blue Mountains
3 comments
ibaird
wrote:
28 Feb 2021
Yes, quite a few examples are evident on the ALA, see https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a881514f-e8fa-44ee-a770-2048d418e516
GlennCocking
wrote:
1 Mar 2021
Yes, it does seem to be Elachista flammula, although it would be good to get a side-on closeup for confirmation. 4369651 and 4373820 may be two of the three first wild specimen photos for this species. Until recently it’s only been recorded in the ACT, reared from larvae mining in Carex polyantha on Cotter River and Condor Creek (and another group reared in Canberra itself in 1948). There is also a Blue Mtns record on INAT from 26/2/20. The sexes are dimorphic in wing pattern, and these are males (three of the four BOLD records are females). Reference: Elachistinae Moths of Australia, Laurie Kaila, CSIRO Publishing, 2011.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050110-35.208557
- Altitude 560.1m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2021 11:15 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Significant sightings Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Elachista flammula Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 625.21m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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