Amata (genus)

Handmaiden Moth at Tennent, ACT

Amata (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 11 Jan 2015
Amata (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 11 Jan 2015
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Amata (genus) 2 Aug 2017 ibaird
Amata (genus) 2 Aug 2017 ibaird
Unidentified 27 Apr 2017 MichaelBedingfield
Amata pyracoma 25 Apr 2017 ibaird
Unidentified 25 Apr 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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On the lower slopes of Mt Tennant, in Namadgi NP.

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ibaird wrote:
   3 Aug 2017
While the wing markings of this specimen are consistent with A. pyracoma (usually recognised as a species with a type locality and distribution in Queensland), they are also consistent with A aperta, a species with a southern i.e, Victorian distribution (see Moths of Victoria, vol.2 updated pages (3) for A. aperta. Nevertheless the wing markings between and within species are highly variable within the Amata g. (see G. Cocking's comment for sighting 3376698) and the taxonomy is acknowledged as being uncertain. Identification therefore reverts to Amata sp. (g).

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