Faveria tritalis at Fyshwick, ACT

Faveria tritalis

Couchgrass Webworm at Fyshwick, ACT

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Identification history

Faveria tritalis	30 Mar 2023	ibaird
Faveria tritalis	30 Mar 2023	donhe
Crambidae sp. (family)	30 Mar 2023	Hejor1

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5 comments

ibaird wrote:

30 Mar 2023

Hard to be sure about this ID.

Hejor1 wrote:

31 Mar 2023

@ibaird - it’s still in the freezer, would other angles help?

donhe wrote:

31 Mar 2023

A set specimen would be helpful.

Hejor1 wrote:

1 Apr 2023

@donhe sorry, newbie here - what do you mean “set specimen”? Does it mean pinned with wings out?

ibaird wrote:

1 Apr 2023

Yes, it does mean that. But difficult to do from a frozen specimen which would have to be thawed out and 'relaxed' (i.e moisture added in a humid artificial atmosphere) ) before attempting to do that with setting board, pins, tracing paper and entomological tweezers. But a photo from a different angle, without the apparent dark shading would help, However I'm pretty confident its F. tritalis. The dot/dash (sometimes two visible in a line) at about 2/3 the length of the forewing is pretty diagnostic.

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