Cosmaresta callichrysa
Wingia Group at O'Connor, ACT
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| Cosmaresta callichrysa | ibaird | 25 Jul 2019 | |
| Cosmaresta callichrysa | donhe | 25 Jul 2019 | |
| Thallarcha phalarota | ibaird | 7 Jul 2019 |
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Attracted to UV light at night.
7 comments
8 Jul 2019
The species is sexually dimorphic- males and females are different and quite variable in their markings. The pectinate antennae indicates this is the male.
23 Jul 2019
Yes, T. phalarota certainly is a variable species. But I can't find a single specimen amongst ANIC's many that has the narrow subterminal line that this one does - T. phalarota rather has a small white patch on the middle of the termen. But on the other hand I can't match this photo anywhere else in the Arctiinae.
23 Jul 2019
Yes, only perhaps one or two on the ALA had white extending to a subterminal line - and none to the extent this one shows. But nothing else I could find was close.
24 Jul 2019
Good questiion, I would expect so. but I can't see any upturned labial palpi on this specimen either.
25 Jul 2019
With the foreshortening of a dorsal view, and limited resolution,
the labial palps would be hard to discern, as in Ken's photo at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/wing/callichrysa.html
the labial palps would be hard to discern, as in Ken's photo at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/wing/callichrysa.html
26 Jul 2019
I can't see palpi to comment either way either way on their form. But Cosmaresta callichrysa males have unusually long cilia on their antennae (as at least some other Cosmaresta do), and all the wing pattern elements visible on these photos match C. callichrysa specimens closely. The fine cilia show more accurately in the second photo, even though it is less focussed. I think there is some shadowing that makes the rami seem artificially thicker in the first photo, reminiscent of Lithosiini.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113295-35.259543
- Altitude 597.8m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2018 10:08 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
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- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cosmaresta callichrysa
Species information
- Cosmaresta callichrysa Scientific name
- Wingia Group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 593m to 758.96m Recorded at altitude
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