Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
Sighting 4420815

Heliocheilus cistella

A Noctuid Moth (Heliothinae at Numeralla, NSW

Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
Heliocheilus cistella at Numeralla, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Heliocheilus cistella 24 May 2025 ibaird
Heliocheilus cistella 30 Apr 2025 WendyEM
Heliocheilus cistella 30 Apr 2025 ibaird
Heliocheilus (genus) 30 Apr 2025 ibaird
Heliocheilus neurota 27 Mar 2025 WendyEM
Leptocneria reducta 13 Mar 2025 WendyEM
Artigisa melanephele 27 Jan 2022 donhe
Omphaliodes obscura 27 Jan 2022 donhe
Unverified 26 Jan 2022 SteveBorkowskis

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9 comments

donhe wrote:
   27 Jan 2022
Omphaliodes obscura? Ulotrichopus dinawa?
ibaird wrote:
   28 Jan 2022
I have thought maybe Catocalini but no match yet found. Similar to Alapadna (genus) for example.
donhe wrote:
   29 Jan 2022
Labial palps look too short on 4420815 for Australia's only Alapadna species: A. pauropis, although maybe 4420815 was depressed and let them droop.
ibaird wrote:
   29 Jan 2022
Despite the huge diversity apparent in Catocalini none found yet online which match exactly.
WendyEM wrote:
   27 Mar 2025
I've realised this is not Leptocneria reducta e.g. both male & female have feathery antennae. Looking again I think this moth has claviform (club-like) spots extending from antemedial lines as is found in e.g. Agrotis sp,. Ectopatria sp. The head, mane and thorax shape also fits with this group. I don't think this is the ID (has dashes on the termen, not dots like moth above) but if you look at some of the paler images on this page, focusing on dark markings, not pale ones, you can see corresponding features.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/634707-Ectopatria-mniodes/browse_photos
What do you think?
WendyEM wrote:
   27 Mar 2025
Heliocheilus neurota ?
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=77345
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1394918-Heliocheilus-neurota/browse_photos
donhe wrote:
   27 Mar 2025
H. neutota has dark mark at forewing apex, not shown in 4420815 ?
WendyEM wrote:
   29 Apr 2025
Heliocheilus cistella
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=200784
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1200842
ibaird wrote:
   24 May 2025
Most similar to this sighting
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201364151

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