Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth at Kosciuszko National Park
Identification history
| Hepialidae (family) | 11 Jun 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Hepialidae (family) | 11 Jun 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Jun 2024 | jmcleod |
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User's notes
Congregating inside a ski lodge.
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
11 Jun 2024
@jmcleod : Can you rear a couple in captivity to see what the adult is like t get an ID for the species?
jmcleod
wrote:
11 Jun 2024
I'll ask the lodge managers... but I have my doubts! They may have all been vacuumed up or thrown out the door by now...
Location information
- Coordinates 148.410024-36.401528
- Altitude 1771.0m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Perisher Valley, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 8 Jun 2024 10:28 AM Recorded on
- jmcleod Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
Additional information
- Carpet! Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Hepialidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1771m 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
- GPS evidence of location
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