Crocidosema plebejana
Cotton Tipworm Moth at Turner, ACT
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| Crocidosema plebejana | ibaird | 16 Sep 2025 | |
| Olethreutinae (subfamily) | ibaird | 16 Sep 2025 | |
| Crocidosema plebejana | WendyEM | 16 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 16 Sep 2025 |
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4 comments
16 Sep 2025
Moth has apparent distinct white bar in antennae not repeated in its pair! Strepsicrates (genus)?
16 Sep 2025
Crocidosema plebejana
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=330517
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=330517
16 Sep 2025
I still vote for Crocidosema plebejana. c.f.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=LNSWB451-05 or
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=IMLR1052-11
Tufty 'hair' on head. Forewings - dark patch on inner margin from base, row of dark dots running beside this. Much of the rest of the wing fawn/brown. Shiny white patch with dark stripes adjacent to tornus. Darker patch at apex. 5 or so thorn shaped marks (white outsides, dark centre) along costa for ~1/2 its length. The one closest to the apex is most prominent.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=LNSWB451-05 or
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=IMLR1052-11
Tufty 'hair' on head. Forewings - dark patch on inner margin from base, row of dark dots running beside this. Much of the rest of the wing fawn/brown. Shiny white patch with dark stripes adjacent to tornus. Darker patch at apex. 5 or so thorn shaped marks (white outsides, dark centre) along costa for ~1/2 its length. The one closest to the apex is most prominent.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117338-35.269002
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Sep 2025 10:07 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Crocidosema plebejana Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Crocidosema plebejana Scientific name
- Cotton Tipworm Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 717.4m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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