Tortricinae (subfamily)

A tortrix moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Tortricinae (subfamily)	15 Dec 2021	donhe
Rupicolana orthias	23 Oct 2020	donhe
Tortricinae (subfamily)	23 Oct 2020	ibaird

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Attacted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).

2 comments

ibaird wrote:

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?

donhe wrote:

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?

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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
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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