A sedge moth at Stanley, VIC
Identification history
| Glyphipterix phosphora | 19 Jan 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Glyphipterix phosphora | 19 Jan 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 19 Jan 2025 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
historical 2023. At the base of the raspberry flowers were lots of these sedge moths.
5 comments
donhe
wrote:
19 Jan 2025
The photos still have more than one moth species on them. Better to crop each photo into pieces so that each has only one individual moth on it, and submit them to NatureMapr separately, then we can name each one for you. Not so pretty, but then this plarform is more about science rather than aesthetics.
WendyEM
wrote:
19 Jan 2025
NOTE: middle moth in 3rd photo is G. chrysoplanetis (2 large yellow marks)
donhe
wrote:
20 Jan 2025
The two moths in this photo look to me like different species, with differing widths and curvatures of the pale crescents. One looks to me like Glyphipterix asteriella, or maybe one of the other 38 named Australian species that are unillustrated in LBH.
WendyEM
wrote:
20 Jan 2025
I went by the ANIC specimens on BOLD https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=324040 where the broad, curved marking is of various widths. This species was the only one among the 43 named sp on BOLD https://bold-au.hobern.net/taxon.php?taxid=2821 that matched these moths having the bold curved mark, below that a band extending right across the wings, below that another strong band below which is a dark metallic patch with pale highlights (this was best seen in the group shot you had removed). The markings of G. asteriella do not correspond with these moths.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.737616-36.366133
- Places Stanley, VIC
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 10 Dec 2023 10:45 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Glyphipterix phosphora
Additional information
- native raspberry Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Glyphipterix phosphora Scientific name
- A sedge moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1276.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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