A Pyralid moth at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Ocrasa acerasta | 1 Dec 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Ocrasa acerasta | 30 Nov 2017 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Attracted to MV light at night.
3 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
1 Dec 2017
Ocrasa acerasta and albidalis have both been recorded in the ACT. The latter was described second, and was contrasted to albidalis as not having faint light lines nor a discal spot in the forewing, both of which can be hard to see. I can't see them in this photo, nor in the specimen previously identified on CNM as albidalis. As long as the photos are displaying all the markings, both reports would be of acerasta.
ibaird
wrote:
1 Dec 2017
OK, I’ll change the previous abidalis sighting to acerasta. I presume you meant to say: 'the former was described second' ?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113290-35.259497
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Nov 2017 09:36 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Ocrasa acerasta Scientific name
- A Pyralid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 630m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Herculia acerasta Hypsopygia acerasta
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
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