Sighting 4548461
2 Andean Potato Tuber Moth at Turner, ACT
Identification history
| Symmetrischema tangolias | 30 Jan 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Symmetrischema tangolias | 30 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Barea (genus) | 27 Jan 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Jan 2024 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Attracted to light.
5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
27 Jan 2024
E. haemalea does not sem to have the black and white palps that this moth has.
ibaird
wrote:
30 Jan 2024
A moth native the Americas introduced to Australia and a pest on cultivated potatoes.
A new species for NatureMapr's Canberra and Southern Tablelands region.
Excellent photos.
A new species for NatureMapr's Canberra and Southern Tablelands region.
Excellent photos.
Location information
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Jan 2024 09:50 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Symmetrischema tangolias Scientific name
- Andean Potato Tuber Moth Common name
- Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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