Dialectica (genus)
Echium leaf-miners at suppressed
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| Dialectica (genus) | ibaird | 20 Dec 2020 | |
| Dialectica (genus) | donhe | 20 Dec 2020 | |
| Dialectica scalariella/aemula | CathB | 20 Dec 2020 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 20 Dec 2020 |
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User's notes
Only about 5 mm long. Found dead on the windowsill.
3 comments
20 Dec 2020
How do we distinguish the introduced Dialectica scalariella from the native D. aemula ?
20 Dec 2020
With some difficulty in most cases I think. Suggestion: The major slanting white mek near the wing tip is curved in D,scalariella whereas more straigt in D. aemuala ? On thet basis I would suggest D. scalariella in this case but such subtle differences are only going to be clear with good photographs so I would be reverting to Dialectica sp.(genus) in most cases.
20 Dec 2020
Trying to add Dialectica sp.(genus), and got a CNM error
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I tried again with a 'space' between the the full-stop and the open-bracket. That worked OK.
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I tried again with a 'space' between the the full-stop and the open-bracket. That worked OK.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
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- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Other moths CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dialectica (genus)
Species information
- Dialectica (genus) Scientific name
- Echium leaf-miners Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 643.1m Recorded at altitude
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