Utetheisa lotrix
Crotalaria Moth at Kambah, ACT
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| Utetheisa lotrix | ibaird | 4 Apr 2018 | |
| Utetheisa lotrix | donhe | 2 Apr 2018 | |
| Utetheisa pulchelloides | MatthewFrawley | 2 Apr 2018 |
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User's notes
Noticed many of these flying around in various locations over the past few days.
2 comments
3 Apr 2018
Certainly lacks the red spot in the position expected at the trailing edge of the forewing tip for it to be U. pulchelloides, but interestingly there appears to be a small black spot at that location.
4 Apr 2018
The black spot at the forewing tornus suggests Utetheisa lotrix, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/lotrix.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/lotrix.html
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073913-35.385642
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Apr 2018 07:51 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Utetheisa lotrix
Species information
- Utetheisa lotrix Scientific name
- Crotalaria Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 651m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location