Heliocheilus cistella
A Noctuid Moth (Heliothinae at Numeralla, NSW
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| Heliocheilus cistella | ibaird | 24 May 2025 | |
| Heliocheilus cistella | WendyEM | 30 Apr 2025 | |
| Heliocheilus cistella | ibaird | 30 Apr 2025 | |
| Heliocheilus (genus) | ibaird | 30 Apr 2025 | |
| Heliocheilus neurota | WendyEM | 27 Mar 2025 | |
| Leptocneria reducta | WendyEM | 13 Mar 2025 | |
| Artigisa melanephele | donhe | 27 Jan 2022 | |
| Omphaliodes obscura | donhe | 27 Jan 2022 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 26 Jan 2022 |
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9 comments
28 Jan 2022
I have thought maybe Catocalini but no match yet found. Similar to Alapadna (genus) for example.
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.
29 Jan 2022
Despite the huge diversity apparent in Catocalini none found yet online which match exactly.
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
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https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/634707-Ectopatria-mniodes/browse_photos
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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
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=77345
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1394918-Heliocheilus-neurota/browse_photos
29 Apr 2025
Heliocheilus cistella
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=200784
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1200842
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=200784
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1200842
Location information
- Places Numeralla, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- SteveBorkowskis NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Heliocheilus cistella
Species information
- Heliocheilus cistella Scientific name
- A Noctuid Moth (Heliothinae Common name
- 756.01m Recorded at altitude
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