Phycitinae (subfamily)
A snout moth at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Phycitinae (subfamily) | WendyEM | 30 Jun 2026 | |
| Phycitinae (subfamily) | ibaird | 3 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 2 Mar 2025 |
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Sincere apologies - flew off before I could get a clearer photo, so understand if can't ID
3 comments
3 Mar 2025
Wing pattern looks bit like Etiella behrii or similar BUT has to have lost palps (which happens........ BUT) or something like
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=362734
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=362734
4 Mar 2025
Not sure, side on view would perhaps confirm , but we can't see two rows of white panels on the forewing from the side.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Phycitinae (subfamily) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Phycitinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- A snout moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 902.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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