Crocidosema plebejana
Cotton Tipworm Moth at Higgins, ACT
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| Crocidosema plebejana | GlennCocking | 14 Oct 2021 | |
| Crocidosema plebejana | ibaird | 14 Oct 2021 | |
| Olethreutinae (subfamily) | donhe | 14 Oct 2021 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 13 Oct 2021 |
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2 comments
14 Oct 2021
Can "Olethreutinae (subfamily)" and "Olethreutinae sp." be combined into, say, "Olethreutinae unidentified sp." ?
14 Oct 2021
This is analagous to the situation we recently tidied with Amata (genus) and Amata sp. The higher level taxonomy. ie Amata (genus) or Olethreuitinae (subfamily), should be used when we are confident the the record belongs to the genus or subfamily, but don't know which species. Taxon undescribed species should only be used when we recognise the record as a particular species that doesn't have a name. If there is more than one such species in the same taxon, it needs to be given an informal name, eg we use Philobota mathematica group undescribed species and Philobota undescribed species near arabella. I wish people would stop creating taxon sp, as it just confuses the situation. I have tided up a lot of them, but they keep coming back. I've changed the title of the CNM entry to Olethreutinae (subfamily)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029515-35.238219
- Altitude 615.0m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Oct 2021 11:20 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crocidosema plebejana Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Crocidosema plebejana Scientific name
- Cotton Tipworm Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 717.4m Recorded at altitude
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