Asarta fuliginosa

A Pyralid moth at O'Connor, ACT

Asarta fuliginosa at O'Connor, ACT - 1 Nov 2019
Asarta fuliginosa at O'Connor, ACT - 1 Nov 2019
Asarta fuliginosa at O'Connor, ACT - 1 Nov 2019
Asarta fuliginosa at O'Connor, ACT - 1 Nov 2019
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Identification history

Asarta fuliginosa 12 Nov 2019 donhe
Asarta fuliginosa 11 Nov 2019 ibaird

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Attracted to UV Lepiled light at night.

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   12 Nov 2019
The closest match from life I've been able to find is two images at:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:00f5fe30-6003-4720-914b-ea3e81663714#gallery
These images suggest the moth in life is black and grey rather than brown , see the LBH link: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/fuliginosa.html Bold Systems 4 shows blacker set specimens.
donhe wrote:
   13 Nov 2019
How do we get the spelling of the species fixed?
donhe wrote:
   13 Nov 2019
The exact shade of grey or brown reproduced in a photo is very dependent on the spectral composition of the illumination, so I do not think it should be used diagnostically.

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Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

  • Asarta fuliginosa Scientific name
  • A Pyralid moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 601.5m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Gauna fuliginosa

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