Acontia nivipicta

Blotched Shoulder at Pialligo, ACT

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Identification history

Acontia nivipicta	21 Nov 2020	ibaird
Acontia nivipicta	21 Nov 2020	MichaelBedingfield
Acontia nivipicta	20 Nov 2020	ibaird
Unverified	19 Nov 2020	FeralGhostbat

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Found in Truck fuelling depot

2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

20 Nov 2020

Edited to place the sighting in moth category.

ibaird wrote:

20 Nov 2020

Is A. nivipicat sexually dimorphic? Is so, its not clear to me which is which. This image matches the second image for this species on LBH. A similar looking moth which appears as 'A. clerana 'on iNaturalist and the ALA (geooffbyrne) may well be a misidentification.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.182340 -35.300549
Places Pialligo, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
19 Nov 2020 04:54 AM Recorded on
FeralGhostbat Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) FeralGhostbat Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Acontia nivipicta Scientific name
Blotched Shoulder Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 608.2m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania