Sugarcane Stem Borer, Maned Moth at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Bathytricha truncata | 3 Dec 2019 | donhe | ||
| Bathytricha truncata | 2 Dec 2019 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Attracted to UV Lepiled light at night.
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ibaird
wrote:
3 Dec 2019
Despite its common name: Sugracane Stem Borer this moth species is widespread in Australia and is an agricultural pest of Poaceae (grasses).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113382-35.259697
- Altitude 584.3m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2019 10:41 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Bathytricha truncata Scientific name
- Sugarcane Stem Borer, Maned Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 864m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Nonagria exitiosa
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