Australian Hairy Bears at Freshwater Creek, VIC
Identification history
| Anthela (genus) adult | 14 Oct 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Anthela (genus) adult | 14 Oct 2024 | donhe | ||
| Anthela nicothoe | 13 Oct 2024 | WendyEM |
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4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
14 Oct 2024
I had considered A varia but ruled it out as it showed none of the very wavy postmedial line associated with the line of dots on fore and hind wings
ibaird
wrote:
14 Oct 2024
OK, fair point. Looking at this again, I think A. acuta cannot be ruled out. Reading page 206 (for images) 'Moths in the ACT' regards A. repleta/ varia/A. acuta as a species complex with high variability within species making them difficult to separate. I'm assuming its a male with yellowish antennae which I've seem bwefore in moths id'd as A. acuta.
WendyEM
wrote:
14 Oct 2024
SPecies are hard to separate from images and Moths of Vic does not offer any definitive answers either. It does say discal spots are bigger in A. nicothoe than other common sp (which I had missed). Male A. varia are shown with yellow antennae too.
Location information
- Coordinates 144.269833-38.251817
- Maps WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck.
- Places Freshwater Creek, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2021 12:13 AM Recorded on
- WendyEM Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Anthelid moths (Anthelidae) WendyEM
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Anthela (genus) adult Scientific name
- Australian Hairy Bears Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 676m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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