Native Budworm at Tathra Public School
Identification history
| Unidentified | 3 Dec 2019 | KerryVance2 |
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User's notes
Possibly Helicoverpa armigera
3 comments
PaulWhitington
wrote:
4 Dec 2019
I'd say that's pretty close. Certainly Helicoverpa, but I'd lean towards Helicoverpa punctigera because in your images of the hindwing there is no clear sign of the white patch, which is present in the dark stripe at the rear of the hindwing in Helicoverpa armigera. You can see that patch in this sighting - 
Helicoverpa armigera (Tobacco Budworm) on 27 Dec 2015
PaulWhitington
wrote:
4 Dec 2019
After seeing Glenn's ID of another one of your sightings, I'm happy to confirm this as Helicoverpa punctigera.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.984050-36.731890
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2019 08:03 AM Recorded on
- KerryVance2 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) KerryVance2 South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Helicoverpa punctigera Scientific name
- Native Budworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1665.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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