Calathusa mesospila

Spotted Calathusa at Guerilla Bay, NSW

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Identification history

Calathusa mesospila	5 Jun 2025	donhe
Calathusa mesospila	5 Jun 2025	WendyEM
Calathusa (genus)	5 Jun 2025	WendyEM
Calathusa sp.	1 Jun 2019	jb2602
Calathusa sp.	15 Mar 2019	ibaird
Calathusa hypotherma	7 Mar 2019	jb2602
Unverified	6 Mar 2019	jb2602

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ibaird wrote:

16 Mar 2019

I think a safer identification would be Calathusa sp.(genus). In fact I would suggest the fourth image looks like C. basicunea whereas the fifth image seems to match C. eremna (based on ALA images). C. hypotherma seems to have a straight line marking across the forewing whereas these have a corresponding waved line in the 4th and 5th images.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.231961 -35.832662
Places Guerilla Bay, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
25 Feb 2019 10:01 PM Recorded on
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jb2602 NatureMapr South Coast Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Species information

Calathusa mesospila Scientific name
Spotted Calathusa Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning
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Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania