1 Bright Twisted Moth at Lochiel, NSW
Identification history
| Parepisparis lutosaria | 19 May 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 19 May 2020 | skye |
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This moth was perfectly matched in colour to the leaves on the forest floor, from both above and below. even with dark dots like mould on the uneven wings. Anyone have a name for it?
3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
19 May 2020
Nice! This looks a good match for the Bright Twisted Moth (Parepisparis lutosaria). A male, as they rest with the abdomen twisted to the side. The caterpillars feed on Eucalyptus. Lovely shot! They come in a range of colours - this red one is perhaps one of the prettiest :) I'll wait to see if Glenn agrees with me
skye
wrote:
19 May 2020
thanks Kerri ,.. I have some other images where maybe the abdomen isn't so on the side.?./
interesting difference to note anyway. not sure that I could ever spot one again. this was a bit of a coincidence with my stopping on a walk just where it was resting. It stayed there all day, so was able to show my friend at the end of the day !. thats what made me think it was a moth ..resting for night flight
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interesting difference to note anyway. not sure that I could ever spot one again. this was a bit of a coincidence with my stopping on a walk just where it was resting. It stayed there all day, so was able to show my friend at the end of the day !. thats what made me think it was a moth ..resting for night flight
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KerriLee
wrote:
19 May 2020
The national database (ALA) gallery of sightings of P. lutosaria ... red, yellow, brown ...
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:18921862-c399-4cb6-a48d-8e94017a7271#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:18921862-c399-4cb6-a48d-8e94017a7271#gallery
Location information
- Coordinates 149.812715-36.942025
- Places Lochiel, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 May 2020 11:24 AM Recorded on
- skye Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) skye South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Parepisparis lutosaria Scientific name
- Bright Twisted Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1327.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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