Asura cervicalis
Spotted Lichen Moth at Tralee, NSW
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| Asura cervicalis | GlennCocking | 25 Oct 2017 |
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Near dirt road, next to the railway line, and on the top edge of Tuggeranong Pine Plantation.
2 comments
17 Oct 2017
Asura compsodes, bipars and cervicalis are similar and variable species. Looking again today at the ANIC specimens, I think the likeliest identification of the photo is cervicalis, based both on wing pattern and its more southern distribution. But the safest indentification would be Asura sp.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.139090-35.432087
- Altitude 753.4m
- Maps Tuggeranong Pines
- Places Tralee, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 Feb 2016 06:20 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Cassinia quinquefaria Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Australian Moths visiting Flowers MichaelBedingfield NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Asura cervicalis
Species information
- Asura cervicalis Scientific name
- Spotted Lichen Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 759.78m Recorded at altitude
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