Identificaciones de ben_wj

Tarphiomimus wollastoni Sharp, 1882

First of eleven reference specimens for Tarphiomimus sp. (sp. 0255).

IDENTIFICATION REFERENCE
Lord, N.P.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2014: Illustrated catalogue and type designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa, 3809(1): 1-127. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1 [See p. 63, and figs. 337-339]

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1809]), larva, found in strawberries from Victoria, Aranda, ACT, 24 December 2015

Photos of various instars, taken daily on 17-24 December and 27 and 31 December 2015, and of pupa, on 5 and 6 January 2016

Separated from H. punctigera by dark "saddle" on dorsal side of first and second abdominal segments and pale setae behind head in final instar - characters given in Matthews, M., 1999, Heliothine Moths Of Australia (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, No. 7).