Heliocheilus cistella

A Noctuid Moth (Heliothinae at Numeralla, NSW

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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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Location information

Places Numeralla, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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SteveBorkowskis NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Heliocheilus cistella

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Heliocheilus cistella Scientific name
A Noctuid Moth (Heliothinae Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
756.01m Recorded at altitude
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