Sufetula hemiophthalma

A Crambid moth at Rosedale, NSW

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Identification history

Sufetula hemiophthalma	2 Dec 2020	jb2602
Sufetula hemiophthalma	5 Jun 2020	ibaird
Sufetula alychnopa	5 May 2020	jb2602

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2 comments

jb2602 wrote:

5 May 2020

Crambidae; Spilomelinae
(Manage Taxonomy still not available)

ibaird wrote:

5 Jun 2020

I agree that this specimen looks very much like a Sufetala species, whereas I cannot be sure this is S. alychnopa. S. hemiophthalma seems more likely because the known distribution online of that species includes NSW as well as Queensland whereas the few online examples of S. alychnopa are from N. Queensland only. The wing pattern of S. hemiophthalma shown on specimens online (ALA, Bold Systems 4 and LBH) seem also to be a good match for this specimen, whereas good images of the wing pattern of S. alychnopa are not available online for comparison. Bold Systems 4 includes a specimen of S. hemiophthalma originating from southern coastal NSW.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.222007 -35.812535
Places Rosedale, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Nov 2019 09:08 PM Recorded on
jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Sufetula hemiophthalma Scientific name
A Crambid moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 634.8m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania