A Swift or Ghost moth at Mount Clear, ACT
Identification history
| Abantiades (genus)2 | 9 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Abantiades (genus)2 | 9 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Abantiades magnificus | 4 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Abantiades atripalpis | 4 Mar 2021 | SWishart |
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User's notes
Dead on the firetrail with ants starting to cover it
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
4 Mar 2021
I think that the position of the forewing longitudinal white flash, nearer the costa than to the hindmargin, and the black outlining of the flashes, look more like A. magnificus.
GlennCocking
wrote:
9 Mar 2021
Isn't it another of the female Abantiades that we can't really tell apart?
Location information
- Coordinates 148.952823-35.885302
- Altitude 1308.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Mar 2021 02:14 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Abantiades (genus) Scientific name
- A Swift or Ghost moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1308.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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