Faveria tritalis

Couchgrass Webworm at Denman Prospect, ACT

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Identification history

Faveria tritalis	7 Jan 2025	ibaird
Faveria tritalis	7 Jan 2025	donhe
Uresiphita ornithopteralis	11 Dec 2024	donhe
Unverified	10 Dec 2024	Miranda

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ibaird wrote:

7 Jan 2025

Faveria tritalis? This moth has reddish colouration and is quite plain and lacks markings normally associated wirh F. tritalis but I the head shape and colour look like F. tritalis. It lacks the veination of Lioprosopa rhodobaphella and I woild rule out Emmalocera genus (no white costal stripe).

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Location information

Coordinates 149.010822 -35.298539
Altitude 642.5m
Maps Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
Places Denman Prospect, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
9 Dec 2024 06:05 PM Recorded on
Miranda Recorded by
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Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Faveria tritalis Scientific name
Couchgrass Webworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1629m Recorded at altitude
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