Ashworth's Tortrix at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Epiphyas ashworthana | 21 Oct 2020 | donhe | ||
| Epiphyas ashworthana | 21 Oct 2020 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Attracted to UV light at night (50w 'Gecko').
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
21 Oct 2020
This appears to be a very dark, plum-colouredlocal form of E, asworthana. The ALA shows similar, but lighter coloured specimens recorded at Aranda by D. Hobern. The white head is a good guide to the species. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/5131130706/ (Epiphyas ashworthana)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113305-35.259538
- Altitude 549.9m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2020 11:05 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) ibaird
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Epiphyas ashworthana Scientific name
- Ashworth's Tortrix Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 919.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Teras responsana
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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