Metura elongatus

2 Saunders' case moth at Wingan River, VIC

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.717711-37.614389
• Altitude 20.2m
• Maps Croajingolong National Park
• Places Wingan River, VIC

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 12 Sep 2023 02:00 PM Recorded on
• AnneG1 Recorded by

• Collections

  AnneG1 NatureMapr Gippsland Case moths (Psychidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender
• Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

• Metura elongatus Scientific name
• Saunders' case moth Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 819.3m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning

• Synonyms

  Metura elongata Metura elongatus

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