Sighting 4627740
Potato Tuber Worm at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Oecophoridae provisional species 2 | 13 Dec 2024 | donhe | ||
| Phthorimaea operculella | 13 Dec 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Phthorimaea operculella | 13 Dec 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 12 Dec 2024 | kasiaaus |
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4 comments
donhe
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
Oecophoridae No. 2 or some such : how do i find out if this is a listed but unnamed species ?
kasiaaus
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
I don't think it matches either Phthorimaea operculella or Oecophoridae provisional species 2 :-(
donhe
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
I think P. operculella has only two or three forewing sub-dorsum dark spots.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050305-35.208562
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Dec 2024 11:21 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phthorimaea operculella Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Phthorimaea operculella Scientific name
- Potato Tuber Worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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