Ephestia elutella
Raisin, Cacao, Warehouse, Tobacco Moth at Garran, ACT
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| Ephestia elutella | MichaelBedingfield | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| Ephestia elutella | MichaelBedingfield | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| Ephestia elutella | donhe | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| Phycitinae (subfamily) | ibaird | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| Ephestia elutella | donhe | 24 Jan 2022 | |
| Unverified | Tapirlord | 23 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
Taken through my macro, maybe 1mm in length.
8 comments
24 Jan 2022
Similar again, many Phyctinaie look similar, but records apparently known from tropical Australia only. Grey coloured, this is a more elongated sp. I think.
24 Jan 2022
I've had second thoughts E, elutella is quite similar I think, after all, see also on ALA: ' Ephestia elutella uniformis https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=Ephestia+elutella+uniformata
24 Jan 2022
Ok. donhe, you have suggested it but the CNM system won't let me approve your suggestion. Kasaaus (Katarina), can you do that?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097156-35.339119
- Altitude 596.9m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2022 05:30 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ephestia elutella
Species information
- Ephestia elutella Scientific name
- Raisin, Cacao, Warehouse, Tobacco Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Medium weed or pest
- 582.3m to 596.86m Recorded at altitude
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