Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
This moth sub-category for the superfamily Noctuoidea contains the large families Noctuidae and Erebidae as well the smaller Euteliidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae and Oenosandridae. The Arctiinae also belong to this superfamily, but are distinctive and well known so are given their own moth sub-category
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ibaird
wrote:
35 min ago
Euproctis baliolalis on LBH
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/baliolalis.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/baliolalis.html
Euproctis baliolalis
ibaird
wrote:
44 min ago
https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=709580
AFD entry:-
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Unplaced_hedychroa
AFD entry:-
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Unplaced_hedychroa
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)
ibaird
wrote:
10 hrs ago
Yes. looking at your references there are strong similarities with Shargacucullia lychnitis and Shargacucullia (genus), including thhe forewing margin shape, and hints of the forewing halfway marks you allude to, Also other Shargacucullia species show dark hindwings.
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)
ibaird
wrote:
11 hrs ago
Likewise. Looked at Notodontidae without success. I thought it might be a dark Destolmia lineata but the the forewing outer margins not consistent
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)
PJH123
wrote:
11 hrs ago
I might be sitting with Alice at the bottom of the rabbit hole but it might be a members of the Subfamily Cuculliinae. The only Australian species, Neogalea sunia Guenée, was introduced for the biological control of Lantana. While it is not that species, the closest I found were members of this subfamily from overseas, in particular the genus Shargacucullia
See Shargacucullia lychnitis
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-73057-2219-striped-lychnis-shargacucullia-lychnitis-116632864.html
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4907710128
If you look at my specimen it has a semicircular mark on the inner margin of the forewing(about half way, the marks from both forewings are side by side where they cover the abdomen), this mark can be seen on all examples of various species of Shargacucullia on this BOLD site
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196769
I have not found images of all the species of Shargacucullia
See Shargacucullia lychnitis
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-73057-2219-striped-lychnis-shargacucullia-lychnitis-116632864.html
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4907710128
If you look at my specimen it has a semicircular mark on the inner margin of the forewing(about half way, the marks from both forewings are side by side where they cover the abdomen), this mark can be seen on all examples of various species of Shargacucullia on this BOLD site
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196769
I have not found images of all the species of Shargacucullia
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)
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