1 Brown Cutworm at Harrison, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis munda | 20 Nov 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Agrotis munda | 20 Nov 2020 | donhe | ||
| Agrotis infusa | 20 Nov 2020 | DPRees125 |
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First one of the year for me..
6 comments
DPRees125
wrote:
20 Nov 2020
Sorry, I don't get this, on what basis. I've got MOV in front of me now plus extra page and I disagree.
ibaird
wrote:
20 Nov 2020
Agrotis munda have a large black backward pointing 'arrow head' or chevron mark on either forewing located just behind the thorax terminated at the anterior 'blunt'end by a prominent white bar. This feature is clearly visible in this specimen which is either very small, vestigial or absent in A. infusa.
DPRees125
wrote:
21 Nov 2020
Thank you for your comment. I've processed another image, same moth, and have uploaded it. I've had a look at this again and compared with the images on MOV again and I cannot agree with you here. Yes that arrow is there, as it is just like on all the specimens shown on MOV supp. page 'infusa 2'. also the black stripe between the two wing spots and extending beyond is there in this specimen, what you normally see on a bogong. Compare that with MOV supp. page 'munda 2'. The arrow on my moth is nothing like these and that black line through the wing spots is different to those on these moths also.
DPRees125
wrote:
21 Nov 2020
I've got some more photos from last night. I have loaded these onto a separate page. I think these ones will prove to be A. munda, they are quite different.
donhe
wrote:
21 Nov 2020
The dark elongated elliptical premedial mark on the forewing cubitus of sighting 4358215 is more characteristic of A. munda than A. infusa.
DPRees125
wrote:
21 Nov 2020
Still don't buy it based on available literature, let us agree to disagree on this one.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159107-35.192642
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2020 10:17 AM Recorded on
- DPRees125 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Agrotis munda Scientific name
- Brown Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1644.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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