Variable Cutworm at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 29 Sep 2024 | donhe | ||
| Agrotis porphyricollis | 29 Sep 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Barea (genus) | 29 Sep 2024 | sangio7 |
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User's notes
approx 25-30 mm from nose to bottom of wing
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
29 Sep 2024
This is a Noctuid moth. To be a Barea (genus) in the family Oecophoridae upward curved backward pointing palps would need to be clearly visible. In Noctuidae they are short, beak like and pointing forward.
Location information
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2024 08:54 AM Recorded on
- sangio7 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
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