Dasygaster padockina
Tasmanian Cutworm at Ainslie, ACT
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| Dasygaster padockina | ibaird | 15 Apr 2019 | |
| Dasygaster padockina | GlennCocking | 15 Apr 2019 | |
| Proteuxoa porphyrescens | donhe | 6 Apr 2019 | |
| Proteuxoa (genus) | jb2602 | 6 Apr 2019 |
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User's notes
Maybe P. porphyrescens or P. bistrigula
3 comments
7 Apr 2019
I dont see the arcs of chevrons of P. bistrigula, or the kidney and comma marks of other Proteuxoa, so I agree with P. porphyrescens
10 Apr 2019
As Don pointed out, the photo doesn't show the typical forewing marks of Proteuxoa. It is probably Dasygaster paddockina.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152011-35.259208
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Apr 2019 09:53 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dasygaster padockina Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dasygaster padockina Scientific name
- Tasmanian Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Mamestra confundens
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