Variable Cutworm at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 25 Jan 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Noctuidae (family) | 31 Oct 2017 | GlennCocking | ||
| Noctuidae (family) | 2 Oct 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 1 Dec 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Oct 2016 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - length 20mm; Conder, ACT; pretending to be dead at the start of the photo shoot but became more alert later.
7 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
1 Dec 2016
Looks rather like more male Agrotis porphyricollis, but the photos don't seem to show bipectinate antennae.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
3 Dec 2016
Hi Glenn. I see what you mean about the wing pattern being like the male in the mating couple photos. Is the wing pattern consistently different between male and female?
GlennCocking
wrote:
4 Dec 2016
I don't think so. If it's not porphyricollis, there isn't a reason to think it is another Agrotis species. The safest thing to do would be to leave it unidentified on the grounds that the photo doesn't show enough characteristics.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
4 Dec 2016
Thanks Glenn.
I used the "Undo" to remove the confirmation, so it is back in Unidentified.
I used the "Undo" to remove the confirmation, so it is back in Unidentified.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101411-35.464703
- Altitude 631.0m
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 25 Oct 2016 10:17 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Species information
- Agrotis porphyricollis Scientific name
- Variable Cutworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 903.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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