1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: infusa (Boisduval) (: : Noctuinae)

Common Name Bogong Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136308

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment https://www.awe.gov.au/ Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia https://dpird.wa.gov.au/ Plant Health Australia https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2007) Bogong Moth(Agrotis infusa)Updated on 12/28/2007 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136308

2.3. Facets Status: Native Australian Pest Species Group: Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures, Horticulture Commodity Type: Fresh Vegetables, Grasses, Pastures Distribution: Australasian - Oceanian

2.4. Other Names Agrotis cordata Walker, 1857 Agrotis spina Guenée, 1852 Agrotis vastator A.W. Scott, 1869 common cutworm Mamestra nitida Walker, 1865 Mamestra tenebrosa Walker, 1865 Noctua infusa Boisduval, 1832

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Adult forewing span c. 4-5cms. Bogong mothshave characteristic marks on each fore wing resemblinga dark arrow-marked streak, broken by one round pale spot and one comma-shaped spot. The hind wings are light brown with a darker border. At rest the moth holds its wings like a tent over its body. Source: Seed weblink link on Australian moths

2.6. References Common, I.F.B. (1958). The Australian cutworms of the genus Agrotis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Aust. J. Zool. 6: 69-88, 3 pls Green, K. (2006) The return migration of Bogong Moths, Agrotis infusa (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: NOCTUIDAE), from the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales. The Australian Entomologist, Volume 33(1): 27-30.

2.7. Web Links Australian moths: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/noct/infusa.html : http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi- bin/abrs/fauna/tree.pl?pstrVol=;pintTaxa=856;pintMode=1 3. Diagnostic Images

Australia: Victoria, Cowes. Australia: Victoria Dorsal view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Dorsal view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

Australia: Victoria, Cowes. Australia: Victoria Ventral view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Ventral view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria 4. Other Images

Australia: Darwin Australia: Victoria, Red Hill Agrotis interjectionis: Lucinda Gibson & Ken female: Lucinda Gibson & Walker Museums Victoria Ken Walker Museums Victoria

Australia: Tasmania, Snug Creek. Australia: Victoria, Red Hill Agrotis munda female: Lucinda Gibson & Agrotis munda male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

Australia: Victoria, Red Hill Australia: Queensland, Cairns Agrotis munda male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Agrotis poliotis: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria Australia: Tasmania, Snug Creek. Australia: Tasmania, Snug Creek. Agrotis porphyricollis female: Lucinda Agrotis radians male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Gibson & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

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