1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: Pantydia sparsa Guenée (: Noctuidae: )

Common Name noctuid Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136340

Image Library Australian Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/

Partners for Australian Biosecurity image library

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) noctuid moth(Pantydia sparsa)Updated on 3/8/2007 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/136340

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

2.4. Other Names Pantydia recondita Walker, (1858) Toxocampa orthosiodes Walker, 1865

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Adult forewing span c. 4cm;forewingsfawn with variable dark markings, and a line parallel to the margin of each fore wing, and a dark edge to each hind wing.

2.6. Web Links Don Herbison-Evans Moths Online: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/cato/sparsa.html : http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia//noctuidae/catocalinae/pantydia/index .html 3. Diagnostic Images

Australia: Victoria, Beaconsfield Australia: Victoria, Gisbourne Dorsal view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Dorsal view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

Australia: Victoria, Beaconsfield Australia: Victoria, Gisbourne Ventral view - female: Lucinda Gibson & Ventral view - male: Lucinda Gibson & Ken Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

Results Generated: Monday, September 27, 2021