Achyra affinitalis
Cotton Web Spinner at Wodonga, VIC
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| Achyra affinitalis | WendyEM | 22 Sep 2026 | |
| Achyra affinitalis | ibaird | 21 Sep 2026 | |
| Baeoptila oculalis | CarbonAI | 21 Sep 2026 | |
| Baeoptila oculalis | KylieWaldon | 21 Sep 2026 |
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a moth that isn't a carpet moth. yay.
4 comments
21 Sep 2026
I just went with whatever AI said. The only moth I'm confident with is the old lady moth!
21 Sep 2026
There are only a handful of moth species that CarbonAI routinely identifies correctly. Each moth suggestion by CarbonAI needs to be doublechecked. This is not supprising because there are literally thousands of different moth species in Australia (many unidentified) and only a relatively few correctly identified ones for CarbonAI to learn!
22 Sep 2026
Carbon AI's fixation on Baeoptila oculalis is incomprehensible. There are only 2 sightings of that moth on NatureMapr!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.888731-36.175908
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Sep 2026 10:31 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Latest Achyra affinitalis Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Achyra affinitalis Scientific name
- Cotton Web Spinner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1225m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nymphyla sordida
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location