Tiger moths (Arctiinae)


Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

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It's relatively common for people to upload sightings which may actually contain multiple species.E.g. photos of a plant that may also have captured an insect on one of the leaves OR a photo containin...


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donhe wrote:
3 hrs ago
Forewing and yellow marks on head and thorax look like Eressa, Perhaps Eressa strepsimeris or Eressa geographica.

Amata (genus)
donhe wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Reorienting and rescaling a copy of this photo to match a forewing with those in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/cten-wings.html
one can see it is a long way from say A. annulata and from A. chlorometis,
but is as close to A. humeralis and A. orphnaea as it it is to A. aperta.

Amata nr aperta
donhe wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Because other species look like this too and are also variable, so this could be one of those.

Amata nr aperta
WendyEM wrote:
7 Jun 2025
why do things go in as "near Amata aperta" or whatever else ???? the species is quite variable why not THE actual species ???

Amata nr aperta
WendyEM wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Amata aperta
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=10507
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=514348

Amata nr aperta
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