Thoracolopha flexirena

Zoned Noctuid at Dickson, ACT

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Identification history

Thoracolopha flexirena	29 Nov 2020	donhe
Thoracolopha flexirena	28 Nov 2020	ibaird
Thoracolopha verecunda	19 Jun 2020	ibaird
Thoracolopha verecunda	19 Jun 2020	jb2602

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ibaird wrote:

28 Nov 2020

Given the moth moderator's joint decsion to re-classify P. flexirena sightings as T. flexirena to follow Hithhcock, Edwards amd Mitchell's 2018 revision of the Proteuxoa spp. I propose we re-classify this sighting at T. flexirena. It shows the very dark crescent reniform mark characteristic of the species as descibed in Moths of Victori Part 9 page 2/3 for the species and the pale grey narrow inner band within the contrasting whitish broad inner band on the forewing. It could be argued that whitish broad inner band in this specime is not strongly contrasting enough with the rest of thre forewing to be T. flexirena. Hitchcock et al 2018 said that such non-contrasting specimns should be classified as T. verecunda.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.141533 -35.253176
Places Dickson, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Nov 2019 10:50 PM Recorded on
jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Thoracolopha flexirena Scientific name
Zoned Noctuid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 677.8m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Orthosia quadriplana Thoralocopha flexirena Apamea flexirena Proteuxoa flexirena

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania