Pyralis farinalis

Meal Moth at Aranda, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.081497-35.258225
• Altitude 639.0m
• Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 15 Dec 2019 07:17 AM Recorded on
• KMcCue Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• On towel in bathroom, flew to wall tile when disturbed Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Pyralis farinalis Scientific name
• Meal Moth Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Asopia domesticalis

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