Couchgrass Webworm at Fyshwick, ACT
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
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.163028-35.314517
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2023 02:10 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Faveria tritalis Scientific name
- Couchgrass Webworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1332.14m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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