Philobota productella

Pasture Tunnel Moth at Tharwa, ACT

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Identification history

Philobota productella	26 Nov 2019	GlennCocking
Philobota (genus)	16 Jul 2017	ibaird
Philobota (genus)	15 Jul 2017	GlennCocking
Unverified	14 Jul 2017	MichaelBedingfield

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Size - length 17mm......... on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.

2 comments

ibaird wrote:

16 Jul 2017

While I agree the species is definitely uncertain ( there are some 200 spp. in the genus), I think this could be P. productella, see link: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:16fc4652-8c3b-45df-adc5-fd26d6761a2e#gallery. However, the necessary longitudinal dark streaks in the forewings are very indistinct at best..

GlennCocking wrote:

26 Nov 2019

Yes. i think it is a female P. productella

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Location information

Coordinates 149.067972 -35.505627
Altitude 580.0m
Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
Places Tharwa, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
31 Oct 2016 10:33 PM Recorded on
MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Philobota productella Scientific name
Pasture Tunnel Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 799.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania