Pothina Tuft-moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Nola pothina | 28 Oct 2024 | donhe | ||
| Nola pothina | 28 Oct 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Nola tetralopha | 4 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Nola (genus) | 2 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Nola pleurosema | 10 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Nola interspersa | 4 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 4 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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9 comments
ibaird
wrote:
4 Feb 2021
Seems to match Nola interspersa on iNaturalist. Only one indistinct speciment shown on Bold Systems 4 which looks not incompatible. Cannot find images on the ALA although it says there are six records.
GlennCocking
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
I don't know where this name comes from. It's not on the printed Checklist or ALA, and iNAT doesn't have any taxonomic info. Records are rare and northern. When I searched ALA it only gave me Halone interspersa. It therefore seems an unlikely identification. I haven't done a search of Nola.
ibaird
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
OK. Doesn't seem to match Halone interspersa although overall pattern is similar.
ibaird
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
I think whatever its origin the species iNaturalist calls 'Nola interspersa' (4 observations only two visible ) is a much better match to this photo. See
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/783297-Nola-interspersa
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/783297-Nola-interspersa
GlennCocking
wrote:
3 Mar 2021
4373900 and 4373900 may be Nola tetralopha. Not all specimens have the sharp black lines of the first CNM record, or the iNAT records. See some of the BOLD records.
ibaird
wrote:
4 Mar 2021
I have no basis for confirmi.ng N. tetralopha. N. tetralopha on the ALA looks different to me and and I dont find the Bold Systems photos óf that species convincing.
GlennCocking
wrote:
4 Mar 2021
In that case it will have to remain as Nola (family). The iNAT record is unconfirmed (the other commentators suggested Nola sp), it's from far north of the ACT, and as far as I can discover the name isn't a valid one.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050027-35.208333
- Altitude 558.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2021 01:57 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Nola pothina Scientific name
- Pothina Tuft-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 577.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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