Sighting 4373820
1 O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Elachista flammula | 1 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Elachista flammula | 1 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking |
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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
User's notes
Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).
6 comments
donhe
wrote:
1 Mar 2021
On BOLD there is one Labdia sp. looking quite like this, but it hails from New Guinea.
I think it could be Elachista flammula, known from ACT, or would that be too small ?
I think it could be Elachista flammula, known from ACT, or would that be too small ?
GlennCocking
wrote:
1 Mar 2021
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.
ibaird
wrote:
1 Mar 2021
I don't have a side-on shot, only one photo taken. I will look out for this in the future and take a sample if possible.
donhe
wrote:
2 Mar 2021
Female I think, judging by the white forewing costal marks.
Ian: I have taken the liberty of adding a copy of your photo to
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/elac/flammula.html
I hope you approve?
Thanks, Don
Ian: I have taken the liberty of adding a copy of your photo to
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/elac/flammula.html
I hope you approve?
Thanks, Don
ibaird
wrote:
2 Mar 2021
No worries, Don. Happy to contribute to LBH. I refer to it routinely on a very regular basis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113308-35.259572
- Altitude 602.7m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2021 10:41 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Significant sightings Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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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