Sighting 4550795
1 Potato Tuber Worm at Turner, ACT
Identification history
| Phthorimaea operculella | 15 Feb 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Phthorimaea operculella | 15 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 5 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Feb 2024 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Attracted to light.
5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
15 Feb 2024
A newly recognized species for NatureMapr's Canberra and Southern Tablelands region.
ConBoekel
wrote:
15 Feb 2024
The second species of potato-related moth at this location. Adjoining householders grow back yard plots of potatoes.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117338-35.269002
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2024 09:19 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Featured Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Phthorimaea operculella Scientific name
- Potato Tuber Worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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