Calamotropha leptogrammellus
2 Grass Webworm at Turner, ACT
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| Calamotropha leptogrammellus | ibaird | 10 Dec 2025 | |
| Calamotropha leptogrammellus | WendyEM | 9 Dec 2025 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 17 Nov 2025 |
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5 comments
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.
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
Calamotropha leptogrammellus
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=426163&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744
9 Dec 2025
It must have been when The system wasn't playing nicely for me. Sorry for any confusion.
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).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117338-35.269002
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2025 10:18 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Calamotropha leptogrammellus Featured
Species information
- Calamotropha leptogrammellus Scientific name
- Grass Webworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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