Pyralid or snout moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Hednota species near grammellus | 3 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Hednota species near grammellus | 3 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unverified | 2 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Hednota opulentellus | 2 Mar 2021 | kasiaaus | ||
| Hednota megalarcha | 2 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Hednota megalarcha | 2 Mar 2021 | kasiaaus |
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6 comments
donhe
wrote:
2 Mar 2021
To me: the stripes do not look right for H. megalarcha, and maybe more like H. opulentellus.
kasiaaus
wrote:
2 Mar 2021
Now that I have had a look at Headnota opulentellus, I agree that it looks more like it.
ibaird
wrote:
2 Mar 2021
I'm not sure, based on ALA examples, I can tell H. megalarcha and H. opulentellus apart. For example, both species have a thin dark stripe along a central brown streak. This specimen seems to have no white on the dark brown palps, whereas either seem to have some white showing.
GlennCocking
wrote:
3 Mar 2021
H. opulentellus is one of the confusing group of similar species, both named and unnamed, that we put together under the species I just suggested. There is a note about this on the species page. H. megalarcha can be distinguished from that group so has its own species page.
kasiaaus
wrote:
3 Mar 2021
Thanks Glenn. I think this moth looks very much like the H. opulentellus on ALA but I don't know what the other similar species look like.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049572-35.208878
- Altitude 566.2m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2021 10:53 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hednota species near grammellus
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Hednota species near grammellus Scientific name
- Pyralid or snout moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1606.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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