Tortricinae (subfamily)
A tortrix moth at O'Connor, ACT
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| Tortricinae (subfamily) | donhe | 15 Dec 2021 | |
| Rupicolana orthias | donhe | 23 Oct 2020 | |
| Tortricinae (subfamily) | ibaird | 23 Oct 2020 |
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User's notes
Attacted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).
2 comments
23 Oct 2020
This moth look very muchlike Rupicolana orthias, but it has a white mark instead of a black mark at the base of the forewing rather than a black mark as all other images of R. orthias I have seen online. Is it a melanistic form of the species?
23 Oct 2020
I see a dark brown triangle on the forewing base, adjacent to a very pale band, but the pattern is the same as on other specimens of R. orthias. There is a white tuft at the hind-margin end of the white band, which could be on the abdomen?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113292-35.259481
- Altitude 590.1m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2020 10:56 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tortricinae (subfamily) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Tortricinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- A tortrix moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1160m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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