Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth at Tathra, NSW
Identification history
| Abantiades atripalpis | 13 May 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Abantiades atripalpis | 12 May 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 11 May 2018 | Joshwello |
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3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
12 May 2018
wow ... great! The first of these recorded for the target month survey!! And nice images too!
KerriLee
wrote:
12 May 2018
I think this is an Abantiades ... Glenn, our Moth expert, will be able to confirm the species for us.
GlennCocking
wrote:
12 May 2018
This is a very interesting sighting. Although the moth is widespread in both coastal and inland areas of southern Australia, I believe this is the first record from the NSW far south coast. It sometimes emerges en masse (ie thousands) after autumn rain in inland areas, but apparently that does not happen here. Note the prominent light antennae, which are structured into three combs. The species has recently had its genus name changed from Trictena.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.986194-36.731462
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 May 2018 11:30 AM Recorded on
- Joshwello Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Joshwello South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Abantiades atripalpis Scientific name
- Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 795.62m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trictena atripalpis
