Abantiades atripalpis

Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

Abantiades atripalpis	10 May 2019	waltraud
Hepialidae (family)	26 Oct 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	8 Aug 2016	waltraud

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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.

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Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
28 Apr 2015 04:20 PM Recorded on
waltraud Recorded by
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waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
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Synonyms
Trictena atripalpis

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