Echium Leaf Miners at Turner, ACT
Identification history
| Dialectica scalariella/aemula | 15 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Dialectica scalariella | 14 Feb 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Dialectica scalariella/aemula | 14 Feb 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Plutella xylostella | 14 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Feb 2024 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Attracted to light. Notably small and would be 5-6mm in length.
4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
14 Feb 2024
isn't this Dialectica scalariella, or near sp. not an imported cabbage muncher
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2024
Yes, I think you may well be correct, however I understand its hard to distinguish between these Dialectica (genus) species on sight alone. D. scalariella wasintroduced as a control measure for 'Paterson's Curse' or 'Salvation Jane', (Echium (genus),
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.117338-35.269002
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2024 09:36 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Dialectica scalariella/aemula Scientific name
- Echium Leaf Miners Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 604.3m Recorded at altitude
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