A Tiger moth at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Heliosia (genus) | 20 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Heliosia (genus) | 20 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Heliosia perichares | 20 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Mar 2021 | kasiaaus |
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About 12mm
5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
20 Mar 2021
Perhaps either H. jucunda or H. perichres, but I'm suggesting H. perichares. On the ALA the two species are quite variable bit it seems to me H. perichares has generally broader black transverse black bands which seems to me to better match this observation. Although the H. perichares examples on LBH and those from Queensland on Bold System 4 show black marginal colouring on the forewing margins, this is absent from the photos of the species there from New South Wales. Several examples on the ALA show the broader posterior black band of the two (and no black forewing margins) which this specimen shows. See this iNaturalist record from the ACT: https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/81e970f1-46b5-4931-bf17-85d08130f184.
donhe
wrote:
20 Mar 2021
In H. perichares the distal black forewing band continues narrowly along the costa to the apex,
unlike H. jucunda or this specimen.
unlike H. jucunda or this specimen.
ibaird
wrote:
20 Mar 2021
Don, if I unsterstand you correctly I see the feature you refer to only in a minority of examples of H. perichares on Bold Systems and there is even one H. jucunda example there which shows that feature.
donhe
wrote:
20 Mar 2021
Turner says of H. perichares "Forewings ... three blackish fasciae : ... posterior leaving a narrow orange-yellow terminal strip which may or may not extend to the tornus; cilia blackish, towards apex of wing yellowish."
To me: this implies that the posterior black band encircles the remaining subterminal yellow-orange area. I agree many BOLD photos of H. perichares do not show that.
Turner was describing 3 males. Maybe the females are different.
I do wish BOLD listed the sex of each specimen. I cannot tell the sex from the photos.
I think the BOLD bins of this species should be scrutinised to see if the ones with a yellow marginal fringe form a separate group from those with a black fringe.
To me: this implies that the posterior black band encircles the remaining subterminal yellow-orange area. I agree many BOLD photos of H. perichares do not show that.
Turner was describing 3 males. Maybe the females are different.
I do wish BOLD listed the sex of each specimen. I cannot tell the sex from the photos.
I think the BOLD bins of this species should be scrutinised to see if the ones with a yellow marginal fringe form a separate group from those with a black fringe.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.908450-35.460038
- Altitude 796.0m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2021 09:57 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tiger moths (Arctiinae) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Heliosia (genus) Scientific name
- A Tiger moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 796m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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