Pinara cana

1 Neat Pinara at O'Connor, ACT

Pinara cana at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Jan 2022
Pinara cana at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Pinara cana 17 Jan 2022 donhe
Pinara metaphaea 11 Jan 2022 donhe
Pinara cana 11 Jan 2022 ibaird

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Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   11 Jan 2022
Moths of Victoria (Part 1) says females rarely come to light, males hardly ever.
donhe wrote:
   11 Jan 2022
Shape of arc of submarginal dots on forewing not quite right ?
ibaird wrote:
   16 Jan 2022
All the P. metaphaea examples I see on the ALA have black markings on the forewings. This has 10 orange and black dots.and no black banding to speak of like othe female P. cana I see there. Not sure I see a significant difference in dor pttern

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Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Female Gender

Species information

  • Pinara cana Scientific name
  • Neat Pinara Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 646.66m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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