Tasmanian Cutworm at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Dasygaster padockina | 22 Dec 2019 | donhe | ||
| Dasygaster padockina | 22 Dec 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Persectania ewingii | 21 Dec 2019 | ibaird |
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User's notes
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113289-35.259524
- Altitude 590.2m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2019 10:43 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dasygaster padockina Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Dasygaster padockina Scientific name
- Tasmanian Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Mamestra confundens
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