2 suppressed
Identification history
| Amata phepsalotis | 2 Apr 2025 | donhe | ||
| Amata phepsalotis | 1 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Amata bicolor | 24 Feb 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Amata bicolor | 24 Feb 2025 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 24 Feb 2025 | lbradley |
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10 comments
lbradley
wrote:
24 Feb 2025
Does that make it a significant sighting? It’s a joke. I always asked Ciaran if my sightings were significant and he said one day I’d get a significant sighting. I actually do have a couple. 😊
ibaird
wrote:
24 Feb 2025
Fair question. Not really a joke. I think there is a good case that it is! Assuming the identification is correct, all sightings of this species I see online are from Far North Queensland (eg. Cairns district) as seen on The Atlas of Living Australia, iNaturalist and BOLD Systems. This may mean it is unusual for this species to be seen so far south in NSW, albeit on the South Coast which is arguably a sub-tropical environment, amounting to an extension of known range for thr species. See a photo of this species p.13, ''A Guide to Australian Moths' , Zborowski, P and Edwards, T. (CSIRO Publishing, 2017).
ibaird
wrote:
24 Feb 2025
Normally. I would expect NatureMapr would allow me to suugest this is a Significant Sighting, but I cannot that option on this page, yet. I will suggest it as significant if the option appears. OK, it now has.
WendyEM
wrote:
1 Apr 2025
The BOLD (Hobern) specimans of A. bicolor have a red collar & head, black end of abdomen and no spots on the wings. Above moth has red collar, black head, orange end of abdomen and spots on the wings. A. phepsalotis better matches this moth. Both sp. have white ends on their antennae.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=321544
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=77027
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=321544
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=77027
WendyEM
wrote:
2 Apr 2025
It is the first record of this species for NMapr ! Well spotted Ibradley. A valuable record.
Sighting information
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- lbradley Recorded by
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lbradley NatureMapr South Coast Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Featured
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- privet Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- Amata phepsalotis Scientific name
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- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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