Perga sp. (genus)

Sawfly or Spitfire at Stromlo, ACT

Request use of media

Identify this sighting

Perginae sp. (subfamily) NKingsford 10 Sep 2024
Perga sp. (genus) MichaelMulvaney 3 Jun 2023
Perga sp. (genus) CarbonAI 2 Jun 2023
Unverified HelenCross 2 Jun 2023

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

1 comment

   10 Sep 2024
The furthest you can get with this is Perginae. This is one of the Myrtaceae feeding genera which includes Acanthoperga, Antiperga, Paraperga, Perga, Peragrapta, Pseudoperga and Xyloperga.

As there is are no systematic references or diagnostic characteristics of the larvae and with over 50 species within this grouping, it's almost impossible to determine the species, let alone genera in which they belong to.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 2 Jun 2023 01:11 PM Recorded on
  • HelenCross Recorded by
  • Black sally Associated plant
  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Larvae Breeding behaviour
  • No Insect on a flower

Collections

Species information

Record quality

Quality score 5 / 7
  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Additional attributes
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • Description
847,047 sightings of 23,780 species from 16,181 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0