Emerald moth at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Chlorocoma (genus) | 10 Dec 2023 | donhe | ||
| Chlorocoma (genus) | 10 Dec 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Dec 2023 | SteveBorkowskis |
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Attracted to UV light
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
9 Dec 2023
I don't think so because this moth does not have a rounded hindwing termen-there is a slight point or process.
The wings are very plain and there are no different coloured outer margins to the forewings and hindwings. There is a dorsal abdoment stripe suggesting it is Chloroc0ma genus,
Using the Moths of Victoria (MoV key from part 4 Geomentrinae) I cannot assign it to a named species from that key. The disk at file 'spp' notes that there were several species that could not be identified by the MoV team to a named Chlorocoma species. On this basis I am calling it ;Chlocoma (genus)'. Three of these species are illustrated on the file 'spp'. this specimen looks most similar to the third speciemen shown but that moth has a rounded hindwing termen.
The wings are very plain and there are no different coloured outer margins to the forewings and hindwings. There is a dorsal abdoment stripe suggesting it is Chloroc0ma genus,
Using the Moths of Victoria (MoV key from part 4 Geomentrinae) I cannot assign it to a named species from that key. The disk at file 'spp' notes that there were several species that could not be identified by the MoV team to a named Chlorocoma species. On this basis I am calling it ;Chlocoma (genus)'. Three of these species are illustrated on the file 'spp'. this specimen looks most similar to the third speciemen shown but that moth has a rounded hindwing termen.
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2023 11:14 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Chlorocoma (genus) Scientific name
- Emerald moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 919.1m Recorded at altitude
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