Amata (genus)
Tiger Moth at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
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| Amata (genus) | GlennCocking | 13 Jul 2019 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Jun 2019 | |
| Amata pactolina | MichaelBedingfield | 2 Jun 2019 | |
| Amata (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 31 May 2019 |
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User's notes
Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.
4 comments
31 May 2019
This does rather look like Amata pactolina, but Walker's original specimen and the 5 BOLD specimens are all from the Northern Territory, see
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=321535
Global warming?
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=321535
Global warming?
1 Jun 2019
Thanks for the note Don
I did notice this specimen was different from sighting 4227537 at the same location, so I put them in separately.
I did notice this specimen was different from sighting 4227537 at the same location, so I put them in separately.
14 Jul 2019
I think the fact that this moth and 4227537 were flying together suggests that the differences in the photos are more likely to illustrate variation within a local species, probably confounded by one of them being well worn, than the presence of a vagrant from N Aust. Amata pactolina has only been recorded in NT and northern WA.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.069202-35.452886
- Altitude 560.9m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 27 Mar 2019 06:23 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Mentha x piperita Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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Species information
- Amata (genus) Scientific name
- Tiger Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1425.71m Recorded at altitude
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