Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
Sighting 4245814

Dasygaster padockina

Tasmanian Cutworm at O'Connor, ACT

Dasygaster padockina at O'Connor, ACT - 18 Dec 2019 10:43 PM
Dasygaster padockina at O'Connor, ACT - 18 Dec 2019 10:43 PM
Dasygaster padockina at O'Connor, ACT - 18 Dec 2019 10:43 PM
Dasygaster padockina at O'Connor, ACT - 18 Dec 2019 10:43 PM
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Identification history

Dasygaster padockina 22 Dec 2019 donhe
Dasygaster padockina 22 Dec 2019 ibaird
Persectania ewingii 21 Dec 2019 ibaird

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Attracted to UV Lepiled ight at night.

4 comments

ibaird wrote:
   22 Dec 2019
This is not a particularly sharp image of a worn specimen, but I think there may b sufficient of the moth's overall markings evident to identify it as P. ewingii.
GlennCocking wrote:
   22 Dec 2019
The inner of the two marks in the middle of the forewing seems to match D. Paddockina better, being roundish, hollow and separated from the outer mark. In P. ewingii the inner mark is more elongated and joined to the outer mark.
ibaird wrote:
   22 Dec 2019
Glenn, you may well be right. Although there does seem to be quite a lot of variation in those markings- at least as regards the image to be seen on thr ALA.
donhe wrote:
   23 Dec 2019
I agree that the forewing marks are more rounded, like D. paddockina.

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