A Cleora Bark Moth at Sheldon, QLD
Identification history
| Cleora displicata | 16 Jul 2023 | donhe | ||
| Cleora displicata | 16 Jul 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jul 2023 | PJH123 |
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Cleora goldfinchi ?
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ibaird
wrote:
16 Jul 2023
Identifying some Cleora spp I find is difficult. Moths of Victoria (Part 7) have outlined in detail their difficulty in assigning accepted species names to Cleora spp. see particularly their suporting disc for Cleora genus , files enttiltled 'Cleora'. 'Cleora(2)' and 'Cleora(3)'. Looking at their visual key I think this moth most corresponds with their 'Cleora (sp.2)' which they say roughly corresponds with C. displicata -also the most commonly assigned name here in Canberra. Features of similarility I identify (refer 'Cleora(2)" are: forewing line scalloped, discal spot oval; hindwing line scalloped, dip in centre, discal spot rounded. Also, the pale fringe at the junction between the thorax and abdomen for C. displicata seems to be present here. C. goldfinchi is defined as a distinctively smaller species, is usally distinctively (hence common name ;Fousr spotted Cleora) and corresponds with MoV's species called 'Çleora (sp.4)'.
Location information
- Places Sheldon, QLD
Sighting information
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Cleora displicata Scientific name
- A Cleora Bark Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 910m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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