Diamondback Moth at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Plutella xylostella | 27 Nov 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Plutella xylostella | 20 Nov 2018 | Illilanga |
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Private property. No public access without permission. Only landed for a few seconds hence the poor quality photo.
5 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
Why not P. xylostella? It is a quite variable species in wing pattern.
ibaird
wrote:
22 Nov 2018
OK. I thought the wing pattern was non-conforming and I saw images of similar specimens online which were not identified to species level. But I'm happy to be corrected.
GlennCocking
wrote:
28 Nov 2018
Similar dark spots show on the antennae of P. sera and P. australiana. The photo doesn't look like P. sera, and P. australiana was described on the basis of barcode and dissected genitalia, being indistinguishable from P. xylostella in external experience. I think it ok for us to package these sort of specimens under P. xylostella.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156352-35.779462
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Nov 2018 01:13 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga Completed Illilanga NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Plutella xylostella
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Plutella xylostella Scientific name
- Diamondback Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 760.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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