Etiella behrii
Lucerne Seed Web Moth at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Etiella behrii | DianneClarke | 12 Dec 2024 | |
| Etiella behrii | ibaird | 11 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 10 Dec 2024 |
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4 comments
11 Dec 2024
Certainly fits Etiella (genus). And of the commonly observed spp. in the genus E. chrysoporella that species seems to be most widespread. E. chrysoporella has a longitudinally brownish marking on the forewing as seen here (as does E. behri it seems), but there seems to be less brown on the forewing here than in many examples of the species seen online. This observation
Etiella behrii (Lucerne Seed Web Moth)
identified as E. behri is quite similar.
Etiella behrii (Lucerne Seed Web Moth)
identified as E. behri is quite similar.
11 Dec 2024
I thought that E. behri had only a murky yellow subcostal forewing line, unlike E. chrysoporella which has a clean yellow line?
11 Dec 2024
In this sighting the yellow/brown subcostal forewing line is not clean but is interrupted with a dark spot/s, a feature which seems to be lacking in E. chrysoporella elsewhere, , see here
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/557424-Etiella-chrysoporella/browse_photos
And this sighting is quite pale speckled grey on the rest of the forewing, whereas E. chrysoporella sightings (iNaturalist, above) show extra brown/yellow markings on the forewing.
I think this sighting is much like this one on BOLD (Hobern) classified as E. behri.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=PHSAU1589-12
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/557424-Etiella-chrysoporella/browse_photos
And this sighting is quite pale speckled grey on the rest of the forewing, whereas E. chrysoporella sightings (iNaturalist, above) show extra brown/yellow markings on the forewing.
I think this sighting is much like this one on BOLD (Hobern) classified as E. behri.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=PHSAU1589-12
Location information
- Coordinates 149.304662-35.018830
- Altitude 688.2m
- Maps Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo)
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2024 07:35 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Etiella behrii Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Etiella behrii Scientific name
- Lucerne Seed Web Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1661m Recorded at altitude
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