Unidentified plant bug at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Miridae (family) | 11 Feb 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Zanessa pictulifer | 9 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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5 comments
Bron
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
Hi Kat I get this bug most nights so am very familiar with it. Looking closely at Zanessa pictulifer, the legs are longer, with no banding. It's possibly tribe Austromirini even a Zanessa sp. but I'm not convinced about Z. pictulifer...
KimPullen
wrote:
11 Feb 2021
The species pictulifer is now in Porphyrodema according to AFD - https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Porphyrodema_pictulifer.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050242-35.209100
- Altitude 519.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2021 10:23 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Other true bugs kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Miridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified plant bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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