Aenetus eximia

2 Forest Splendid Ghost Moth at Colo Vale, NSW

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Identification history

Aenetus eximia	5 Jan 2025	donhe
Aenetus eximia	5 Jan 2025	ibaird
Aenetus (genus)	5 Jan 2025	ibaird
Aenetus blackburnii	3 Jan 2025	donhe
Aenetus (genus)	2 Jan 2025	nancyp

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Found on a verandah

2 comments

donhe wrote:

3 Jan 2025

female

ibaird wrote:

5 Jan 2025

I'm wondering whether A eximia (Forest Ghost moth) is not the more likely ID given its strongly south eastern distribution evident on the ALA and on LBH and these images which show specimens with the two isolated black dots with white centres, presumably the female also. see here;-
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/61a7e442-eed7-40ea-9249-1e01170d45ec
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a3d76c87-cadd-4330-9825-523872ee7d88
A. blackburni apparently (on ALA map evidence) has a more 'dry country' distribution ie western Victoria and in South Australia.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.433125 -34.401356
Altitude 424.0m
Maps Colo Vale Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Colo Vale, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Oct 2023 09:35 AM Recorded on
nancyp Recorded by
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nancyp Southern Highlands NatureMapr Aenetus eximia Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Female Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Aenetus eximia Scientific name
Forest Splendid Ghost Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 424m Recorded at altitude

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