Cotton bollworm, Corn earworm at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Helicoverpa armigera | 17 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Helicoverpa armigera | 17 Jan 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Jan 2021 | kasiaaus |
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5 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
17 Jan 2021
H. assaulta is widespread across northern Australia; all records in the Matthews book are from north of the Qld border except a few from northern NSW. Of course it could fly further south, but I don't think there is evidence in the photo to differentiate it from Helicoverpa armigera. The give-away for H. assaulta is strong dark lines along the veins, particularly but not only the hindwing - see https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/42822446. (I suspect some of the iNat H. assaulta are armigera.)
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
H. punctigera is usually much plainer. If it's not H. amigera, I think the next option would be Australothis rubrescens
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050117-35.208708
- Altitude 593.7m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 Dec 2020 11:08 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Helicoverpa armigera Scientific name
- Cotton bollworm, Corn earworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1241.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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