Agrotis porphyricollis

Variable Cutworm at Aranda, ACT

Agrotis porphyricollis at Aranda, ACT - 14 Nov 2019 09:06 PM

Agrotis porphyricollis at Aranda, ACT - 14 Nov 2019 09:06 PM

Agrotis porphyricollis at Aranda, ACT - 14 Nov 2019 09:06 PM

Agrotis porphyricollis at Aranda, ACT - 14 Nov 2019 09:06 PM

Request use of media

Identification history

	Agrotis porphyricollis	16 Nov 2019	donhe
	Agrotis porphyricollis	16 Nov 2019	GlennCocking
	Unidentified	14 Nov 2019	ibaird
	Condica aroana	14 Nov 2019	donhe
	Unidentified	14 Nov 2019	Jubeyjubes

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

2 comments

ibaird wrote:

15 Nov 2019

Looks to me a lot like the side on image of Thorocolopha nycteris see http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/amph/nycteris.html

donhe wrote:

15 Nov 2019

The BOLD specimens of P. nycteris all look too uniformly dark, with no banded specimens..

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.076789 -35.259422
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
14 Nov 2019 09:06 PM Recorded on
Jubeyjubes Recorded by
Collections
Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Agrotis porphyricollis Scientific name
Variable Cutworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 903.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information

1,909,915 sightings of 21,442 species from 13,253 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.