Amata (genus)

Handmaiden Moth at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

Amata (genus) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 27 Mar 2019
Amata (genus) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 27 Mar 2019
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Identification history

Amata (genus) 13 Jul 2019 GlennCocking
Unidentified 19 Jun 2019 michaelb
Amata pactolina 2 Jun 2019 michaelb
Amata (genus) 31 May 2019 michaelb

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Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.

4 comments

donhe wrote:
   31 May 2019
This does rather look like Amata pactolina, but Walker's original specimen and the 5 BOLD specimens are all from the Northern Territory, see
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=321535
Global warming?
michaelb wrote:
   1 Jun 2019
Thanks for the note Don
I did notice this specimen was different from sighting 4227537 at the same location, so I put them in separately.
ibaird wrote:
   1 Jun 2019
Yes the similarity to A pactolina seems quite striking.
GlennCocking wrote:
   14 Jul 2019
I think the fact that this moth and 4227537 were flying together suggests that the differences in the photos are more likely to illustrate variation within a local species, probably confounded by one of them being well worn, than the presence of a vagrant from N Aust. Amata pactolina has only been recorded in NT and northern WA.

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