Cotton Web Spinner at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Achyra affinitalis | 5 Jun 2020 | donhe | ||
| Achyra nigrirenalis | 21 May 2020 | donhe | ||
| Achyra affinitalis | 21 May 2020 | jb2602 |
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2 comments
donhe
wrote:
5 Jun 2020
Comparing the many specimens of both on BOLD, I would say the markings on many of the A. nigrirenalis have a greater contrast with the background, and the background tends to be paler and slightly orangish.
That being said, there seem to me to specimens of each on BOLD that could well be the other.
Anyway, bearing my former comment in mind, I am now more inclined to think this Canberra specimen is A. affinitalis.
That being said, there seem to me to specimens of each on BOLD that could well be the other.
Anyway, bearing my former comment in mind, I am now more inclined to think this Canberra specimen is A. affinitalis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152047-35.259178
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 20 May 2020 06:40 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Achyra affinitalis Scientific name
- Cotton Web Spinner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 787.6m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Nymphyla sordida
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