Plain Tenuis Moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 14 Feb 2025 | donhe | ||
| Proteuxoa unidentified species MoV5 group | 14 Feb 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Athetis tenuis | 14 Feb 2025 | donhe | ||
| Athetis tenuis | 14 Feb 2025 | kasiaaus |
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4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
14 Feb 2025
No, this is a Proteuxoa sp. Athetis tenuis does not have a reniform mark, instead it has 3 dots (not all, always, clear) in that vicinity; it also lacks the pale obicular spot, it has a dark one with a pale border. Its wings are narrower and at rest held more wrapped around the body, not flat like this moth. BUT IT DID take me years, if not decades of frustration before I got my 'eye in' to be able to see this.
WendyEM
wrote:
14 Feb 2025
Proteuxoa unidentified species MoV5 group fits into a couple of Proteuxoa provisional species groups, I believe
kasiaaus
wrote:
14 Feb 2025
Thank you Wendy. I thought it looked a bit different from the other Athetis tenuis sightings.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050282-35.208572
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2025 11:23 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Athetis tenuis Scientific name
- Plain Tenuis Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 995.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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