A Crambid snout mouth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Crambidae family) | 5 Oct 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Arcola malloi | 16 Apr 2018 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 16 Apr 2018 | jb2602 |
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3 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
3 Sep 2018
Don, thanks for your ID suggestion , how certain are of this ID? I understand that the Arcloa malloi moth feeds exclusively on Alligator Weed, which is a rare species in Canberra and is a weed that we are trying to eradicate and is not known from the location where this photo was taken - but perhaps we should go out and take a look?
donhe
wrote:
3 Sep 2018
Arcola malloi seems to be a very variable species, so I think it could be that. However, the posture of your moth looks to me more like that of a Crambinae than a Pyralidae,
I think out of the 125 named species in Crambinae, it is not one of the 15 that I might recognise, so it could be one of the other 110.
I think out of the 125 named species in Crambinae, it is not one of the 15 that I might recognise, so it could be one of the other 110.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152858-35.258800
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2018 09:13 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crambidae sp. (family) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Crambidae family) Scientific name
- A Crambid snout mouth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 807.9m Recorded at altitude
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