Pyralis farinalis

Meal Moth (Pyralinae at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

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

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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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JonSteinbeck wrote:

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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Location information

Coordinates 149.098207 -35.333292
Altitude 615.2m
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
12 Feb 2020 07:06 PM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Pyralis farinalis Scientific name
Meal Moth (Pyralinae Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Asopia domesticalis

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

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