Calamotropha leptogrammellus

2 Grass Webworm at Turner, ACT

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Identification history

Calamotropha leptogrammellus	10 Dec 2025	ibaird
Calamotropha leptogrammellus	9 Dec 2025	WendyEM
Unverified	17 Nov 2025	ConBoekel

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5 comments

DianneClarke wrote:

18 Nov 2025

Con It looks like you have uploaded this one twice - I suggested an id on the other one so perhaps delete this one (unless the system is playing up and showing doubles .... but I haven't noticed it with others.

WendyEM wrote:

9 Dec 2025

I can't find a duplicate of this sighting.
Calamotropha leptogrammellus
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=426163&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744

ConBoekel wrote:

9 Dec 2025

Hi Dianne and Wendy, I tried scrolling back and couldn't find a duplicate.

DianneClarke wrote:

9 Dec 2025

It must have been when The system wasn't playing nicely for me. Sorry for any confusion.

ibaird wrote:

10 Dec 2025

A new species sighting for NatureMapr and Canberra and Southern Tablelands Region. Known to occur locally in the ACT. The caterpillars feed on Nut Grass ( Cyperus species, CYPERACEAE).

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Location information

Coordinates 149.117338 -35.269002
Places Turner, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
17 Nov 2025 10:18 AM Recorded on
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ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Calamotropha leptogrammellus Featured

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Calamotropha leptogrammellus Scientific name
Grass Webworm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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