Lophotoma metabula
A Erebid moth at Greenway, ACT
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| Lophotoma metabula | ibaird | 13 Feb 2018 | |
| Lophotoma metabula | GlennCocking | 13 Feb 2018 | |
| Unverified | RodDeb | 24 Jan 2018 |
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5 comments
2 Feb 2018
After online searching I haven't been able to get a closer match than A catacris. Best images of A. catacris are of course from Moths of Victoria Part 5. There are also three specimens on Bold Systems 4. A. catacris is described as a distinct high alpine species (i.e Falls Creek, Bogong High Plains etc in Victoria) and at Guthega (Bold Systems 4). The MoV images however show only a blackish single line across the forewing with distinct black and white spotting, however this specimen shows double black lines across the forewing and the spotting is much less apparent. None of the unnamed species of Amelora on Bold Systems 4 or in Moths of Victoria seem to match this specimen. If this is an Amelora sp. perhaps it is an as yet unrecorded species found at lower altitudes in the ACT. Pyralidae perhaps?
13 Feb 2018
I was distracted by the colours picked up by the lighting in the main photo. They don't show up in dry specimens, which are much easier to match to the fourth photo.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067028-35.432738
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2018 12:30 PM Recorded on
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lophotoma metabula Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lophotoma metabula Scientific name
- A Erebid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 625.3m Recorded at altitude
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