Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Abantiades atripalpis | 10 May 2019 | waltraud | ||
| Hepialidae (family) | 26 Oct 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 8 Aug 2016 | waltraud |
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User's notes
After consultation I arrived at Trictena atripalpis of the Hepialidae family, also known as rain moth, bardee, bardy, bardi grub or waikerie. We found over 100 pupal cases in an area of approx 1000square meters. The larvae were most likely feeding on the roots of the eucalypts that grow at this site (mainly Eucalyptus melliodora, some E. bridgesiana).
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
10 Aug 2016
There are many species of ghost moth that emerge after autumn rain in our district such as Abantiades spp,,Oxycanus spp., Trictena spp etc. I do not know if adult moths such as Trictena atripalpis can be identified from the shape of the spent pupal case but a moth expert may know.
ibaird
wrote:
10 May 2019
I doubt whether identification to species is defensible without linking such a photo to a photo of he emerged and identified adult at the same locatiion and date. but I'd be happy to be shown differently.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.170535-35.226034
- Maps The Fair, Watson
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 28 Apr 2015 04:20 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Collections
waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Abantiades atripalpis Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Abantiades atripalpis Scientific name
- Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 795.62m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trictena atripalpis
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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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