Poecilasthena thalassias

Sea-blue Delicate at Charleys Forest, NSW

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Identification history

Poecilasthena thalassias	30 Mar 2025	donhe
Poecilasthena thalassias	30 Mar 2025	ibaird
Scopula perlata	29 Mar 2025	donhe
Unverified	29 Mar 2025	arjay

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Terrible photo

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donhe wrote:

29 Mar 2025

Looks beautiful to me.

arjay wrote:

30 Mar 2025

The moth was beautiful. Transparent and delicate. The photo is not totally in focus. And then the moth flew off before I could get my looking-at-things-closer glasses to check it and take more if needed. And I couldn't find it again.

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Location information

Maps Mongarlowe River
Places Charleys Forest, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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arjay NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Poecilasthena thalassias Scientific name
Sea-blue Delicate Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1629m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania