Pyralis farinalis

Meal Moth at Hughes, ACT

Pyralis farinalis at Hughes, ACT - 12 Feb 2020 07:06 PM
Pyralis farinalis at Hughes, ACT - 12 Feb 2020 07:06 PM
Pyralis farinalis at Hughes, ACT - 12 Feb 2020 07:06 PM
Pyralis farinalis at Hughes, ACT - 12 Feb 2020 07:06 PM
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Identification history

Pyralis farinalis 4 Apr 2020 ibaird
Pyralis farinalis 4 Apr 2020 donhe
Acodia undescribed species 4 Apr 2020 BIrdsinCanberra

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User's notes

I do not know the name of this Geometer Moth species but I found it on an external door frame and really liked the mixture of colours. Sorry, the photo is from Feb and I am just posting it now.

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   6 Apr 2020
Hi ibaird and donhe, Many thanks for the identification. It was so obvious once I went to the Meal Moth page here onCNM. I note, I was looking in the wrong category of moths. I just looked the Wikipedia page about these moths, wow, what a range. Many thanks for the identification, it was interesting reading about this moth.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm 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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