A Sedge Moth at Stanley, VIC
Identification history
| Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis | 19 Jan 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis | 18 Jan 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis DUPL | 13 Dec 2023 | KylieWaldon | ||
| Unverified | 11 Dec 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
In amongst all the Blackberries, there were occasional small plants of the native raspberry, so I took some photos - not realising that on almost every flower there were these moths around the bottom drinking away! Never seen anything on this plant except bees before. Will have to keep my eyes better peeled.
5 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
18 Jan 2025
Lovely images & sighting Kylie. You actually have 2 species of Glyphipterix in these photos. The moth in your 1st photo is indeed G. chrysoplanetis. It is also the middle moth in 2nd photo (yellow big marks) but the others are another species. Please create another record using the 3rd shot above as the primary shot plus 2nd and 4th. Delete 3rd & 4th images from this record.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
19 Jan 2025
Ohhh.. I just thought it was a male female thing the differences! will fix. Kylie :)
KylieWaldon
wrote:
19 Jan 2025
I broke them away. This is the link to the new page : Glyphipterix phosphora (A sedge moth)
donhe
wrote:
19 Jan 2025
Your second photo still has two different species on it. Better to crop your photos so there is only one individual moth in each photo.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.740731-36.365370
- Places Stanley, VIC
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 10 Dec 2023 10:58 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- native raspberry Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis Scientific name
- A Sedge Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1330.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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