Dasygaster padockina
Tasmanian Cutworm at O'Connor, ACT
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| Dasygaster padockina | donhe | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| Dasygaster padockina | ibaird | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| Dasygaster (genus) | ibaird | 29 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Attracted to UV Lepiled LED light at night.
3 comments
29 Mar 2021
While this moth moth looks quite similar to Dasygaster padockina ( and that is a variable species) , I'm wondering whether it might be closer to D. melambaphes (a species which has been recorded in the ACT less commonly, and also occurs in Tasmania. The reniform and orbicular marks look to me much larger in this moth a feature that seems to be shown by several examples D. melamphebes (a Species Inquienda moth) on the ALA.
29 Mar 2021
D. melambaphes is distinguished, according to Turner, by its "short blackish median streak from the base". I do not see that on 4377390.
9 Apr 2021
When I compared this photo with the type photo of D. melambaphes, there was a strong resemblance. But I think this record has been well dealt with. I've added a comment on the species page for D. padockina pointing out that there are other similar and variable species, so more than one species may be on that species page.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113310-35.259531
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2021 10:02 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dasygaster padockina Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dasygaster padockina Scientific name
- Tasmanian Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Mamestra confundens
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