Sighting 4590229
A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae) at Sheldon, QLD
Identification history
| Plectophila pyrgodes | 5 Sep 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Plectophila pyrgodes | 2 Sep 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 2 Sep 2024 | PJH123 |
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User's notes
Plectophila pyrgodes Turner, 1898
2 comments
ibaird
wrote:
5 Sep 2024
Seems to match Plectophila pyrgodes on the ALA but not the photo of the species on Lepidoptera Burtterfly House.
PJH123
wrote:
5 Sep 2024
The Cock's image at the top of Lepidoptera Burtterfly House site is an unnamed species noted on BOLD as ANIC8
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=365425
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=365425
Location information
- Places Sheldon, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- PJH123 Recorded by
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Collections
Sheldon Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) PJH123 NatureMapr Plectophila pyrgodes
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Plectophila pyrgodes Scientific name
- A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 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
- Additional attributes