Phycitinae at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Assara subarcuella | 10 Feb 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Assara subarcuella | 4 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 3 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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User's notes
I apologise for the very bad photo but I only got the one and I have never seen this moth before so I'm posting it just in case it is something interesting.
5 comments
donhe
wrote:
3 Feb 2021
Nearest I could find are some Plutellidae, like Orthenches pleurosticta, Sarotorna mesoleuca, Gelechiidae, and Phricanthes asperana, Tortricidae
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
It's Assara subarcuella. INAT has both and makes the difference clear.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049873-35.208650
- Altitude 571.7m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Jan 2021 12:25 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Assara subarcuella
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Assara subarcuella Scientific name
- Phycitinae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 5810.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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