A tortrix or leafroller moth at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Heliocosma argyroleuca | 14 Apr 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Heliocosma argyroleuca | 28 Mar 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Heliocosma exoeca | 17 Mar 2018 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Mar 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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3 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
29 Mar 2018
H. incongruana is also possible. H. exoeca is a similar looking north Qld species.
donhe
wrote:
30 Mar 2018
Yes, but the photos I have found on the web of both H. incongruana and H. argyroleuca have had more colour than that in Alison's photo. Are there specimens of these in ANIC as pale Alison's? It would be nice to have a key for distinguishing the Heliocosma species. I find them confusingly similar.
GlennCocking
wrote:
30 Mar 2018
Yes, incongruana and H. argyroleuca are both variable and some are light. I haven't worked out any precise distinguishing features in the underlying patterns.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029533-35.238239
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2018 01:02 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) AlisonMilton
Species information
- Heliocosma argyroleuca Scientific name
- A tortrix or leafroller moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 845.11m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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