Dasygaster padockina

Tasmanian Cutworm at Melba, ACT

Dasygaster padockina at Melba, ACT - 5 Feb 2021
Dasygaster padockina at Melba, ACT - 5 Feb 2021
Dasygaster padockina at Melba, ACT - 5 Feb 2021
Dasygaster padockina at Melba, ACT - 5 Feb 2021
Dasygaster padockina at Melba, ACT - 5 Feb 2021
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Identification history

Dasygaster padockina 11 Feb 2021 ibaird
Dasygaster padockina 11 Feb 2021 donhe
Cirphis (genus) 10 Feb 2021 ibaird
Noctuidae (family) 10 Feb 2021 donhe
Unidentified 9 Feb 2021 kasiaaus

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donhe wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Hadenini ?
ibaird wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Thought this may be Diarsia intermixta because of the colours of the hindwing which apparently matches, but I was hard pressed to match the forewing pattern when looking at the detailed guide to the forewing pattern that species provided by the MoV supporting disc to Part 9. Thought maybe Cirphis ebriosa (LBH, MoV and ALA) but detail of head and forewing ( white dots at forewing margin, thin white line at costa) didnt match. Noticed iNaturalist regards C. ebriosa as a defunct taxon, preferring Leucania ebriosa. On MoV struck with the similarity of some photos of D, padockina but I didn't think the hindwing matched. Noticed MoV recognise species Cirphis sp. (1&2) which looked very similar, expecially the second third photos on the page Cirphis sp.1 &2 (1/2). MoV say DNA analysis has established there are probably two Cirphis spp. the lowland C. ebriosa and the highland one, i.e in Victoria and presumably NSW too.) Page 2/2 gives on MoV gives a detailed guide to ID. The indicated dark spots along the costa seem to be present in this spcimen. Nevertheless my ID may be open to question.
GlennCocking wrote:
   11 Feb 2021
Two features make it clear that this is a Dasygaster. Cirphis have a white costa that Dasygaster does not. The "circular" reniform and orbicular marks that don't show in the first photo but are visible in photos 2 and 5 are typical Dasygaster. Cirphis has a reniform, but it is more an arc with a white tip at the inside end that is prominent when looking at Cirphis with the naked eye. I can match this specimen quite precisely to some Dasygaster paddockina, but the boundary between this and other Dasygaster described and undescribed species is not clear and CNM may have more than one species under that name.

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