Utetheisa pulchelloides
Heliotrope Moth at Cotter River, ACT
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| Utetheisa pulchelloides | ibaird | 16 May 2018 | |
| Utetheisa pulchelloides | zelotypia | 16 May 2018 | |
| Utetheisa pulchelloides | SWishart | 4 Apr 2018 |
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User's notes
We saw a few of these moths around the top of the track and down the firetrail a little way, each one on its own.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.815507-35.535680
- Altitude 1517.9m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Apr 2018 12:05 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
- Mostly flying around/perching on the gorse bitterpea, I think, around the top of the stockyard spur track Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Utetheisa pulchelloides Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Utetheisa pulchelloides Scientific name
- Heliotrope Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1738.4m Recorded at altitude
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