Yellow-spotted Sun Moth at Gibson, WA
Identification history
| Synemon leocospila | 5 May 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Synemon leocospila | 4 May 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Synemon (genus) | 3 May 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 31 Oct 2024 | pamburgess |
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4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
4 May 2025
Looking closely at the black and white forewing pattern and taking into account the sighting location I suggest the species as Synemon leucospila.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143108716
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c188e141-68f6-47ad-8327-c9fe56075c0a
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143108716
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c188e141-68f6-47ad-8327-c9fe56075c0a
Location information
- Coordinates 121.802642-33.643017
- Altitude 150.4m
- Places Gibson, WA
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2024 10:54 AM Recorded on
- pamburgess Recorded by
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Collections
pamburgess NatureMapr Goldfields Sun moths (Castniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Synemon leocospila Scientific name
- Yellow-spotted Sun Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 150.43m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- 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
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