Indian Weed Caterpillar at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Australothis rubrescens | 30 Mar 2022 | donhe | ||
| Australothis rubrescens | 29 Mar 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Diarsia intermixta | 29 Mar 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Mar 2022 | kasiaaus |
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1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
29 Mar 2022
I think the shape of the thorax and the hind margin of the forewing doesn't look like D. intermixtaria and the reniform mark seems to lack the distinctive white mark on the inner side which is so characteristic of D. intermixtaria. I thinking this is likely to be the reddish form of the widespread Australothis rubescens.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050305-35.208558
- Altitude 607.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2022 11:27 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Australothis rubrescens Scientific name
- Indian Weed Caterpillar Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 699.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Heliothis rubrescens (IFB Common 1990 cited in Moths of Australia, MUP)
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