Couchgrass Webworm at Denman Prospect, ACT
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).
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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Collections
Miranda Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Faveria tritalis 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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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