Variable Cutworm at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 13 Aug 2018 | ibaird | ||
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 13 Aug 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Jan 2018 | PeteWoodall |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
At lights in toilet block.
6 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
11 Feb 2018
I think it is a dark female specimen of the variable Agrotis porphyrinaria
donhe
wrote:
12 Aug 2018
I can see no reference to Agrotis porphyrinaria in AFD.
Did you mean Agrotis porphyricollis Guenée, 1852 ?
Did you mean Agrotis porphyricollis Guenée, 1852 ?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
13 Aug 2018
From my search there appears to be no such species as Agrotis porphyrinaria. I agree with Don, do you mean Agrotis porphyricollis ?
I have undone the confirmation of Agrotis porphyrinaria and suggested A. porphyricollis.
I have also deleted Agrotis porphyrinaria from the taxonomy.
I have undone the confirmation of Agrotis porphyrinaria and suggested A. porphyricollis.
I have also deleted Agrotis porphyrinaria from the taxonomy.
ibaird
wrote:
13 Aug 2018
Agreed, I can't find any reference to A. porphyrinarea or even porphyrinara/porphyrinuria alone. The specimen seems to fall within the large degree of variation apparently possible within A. porphyricollis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106868-35.257025
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Nov 2017 08:52 PM Recorded on
- PeteWoodall Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) PeteWoodall Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Agrotis porphyricollis Scientific name
- Variable Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 903.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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
- Description
- Additional attributes
