Eutrichopidia latinus

Yellow-banded Day-moth at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Agaristinae (subfamily)	19 May 2022	owenh
Eutrichopidia latinus	17 May 2022	ibaird
Eutrichopidia latinus	17 May 2022	owenh
Phalaenoides tristifica	13 May 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Phalaenoides tristifica	12 May 2022	SuziBond
Unidentified	2 May 2022	Rosie

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9 comments

Rosie wrote:

12 May 2022

Thank you Suzi. No shortage of Hibbertia in those woodland and rocky grassland areas west of Stockdill Drive. P. glyciniae has been less common on our Hibbertia scandens this year but has defoliated branches in past, drier years.

Rosie wrote:

18 May 2022

Thank you all for the 'debate'. Fascinating!

donhe wrote:

18 May 2022

The head of the larva of E. latinus pictured in MOV8 is black and white, not brown like this specimen. I think this larva is unlike any of the 13 shown in http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/agar/agar-cats.html but is from one of the other 30 named Australian Agaristinae species, several of which have been found in ACT. I hope you can rear it in captivity to get the adult moth for identification.

owenh wrote:

19 May 2022

Fair comment donhe. My reasoning for the E. latinus suggestion was due to the larval similarity to that species and the number of larvae, exactly as per Rosie's sighting, seen feeding on Hibbertia obtusifolia in April 2020 followed by the number of adult E. latinus in the area early spring the same year. Any advice on how to at least attempt to apply for a permit to collect Agaristinae larvae, feed, document and release on maturity in the ACT would be very welcome. @MichaelMulvaney, @SuziBond, @ibaird

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

19 May 2022

Owen - unless an insect is listed as a threatened species in the ACT you do not need a permit to collect them - unless you are doing the collection within a nature reserve.

owenh wrote:

19 May 2022

Thanks Michael, Therein lies the problem. All the Agaristinae grubs I've seen over the years are located within Nature Reserves and are specialist feeders, eg on Hibbertia, so permits are required both to collect and feed.

donhe wrote:

19 May 2022

Maybe some Hibbertia may be growing in gardens or roadsides ?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

20 May 2022

Owen - you can apply for a licence to take and release animals for a scientific purpose (which you may not need but probably is the most appropriate licence) or to take a trap into a nature Reserve (which you will need or something that covers this offence). there is information at
https://www.environment.act.gov.au/parks-conservation/plants-and-animals/licensing-of-plants-and-animals - but you will probably have to go through Access Canberra and asked to be put in contact with the Parks and Conservation Service licensing unit, and ask them what is teh most appropriate licence to apply for. You will probably need to make a report for PCS on the moths you take and identify. I would be happy to write you a letter of support if that helps.

Ange wrote:

25 May 2022

This is very interesting! We do have a lot of Hibbertia flowering in that area at the moment. The site is managed by the Ginninderry Conservation Trust (me and my team) under licence but is still Nature Reserve as Michael mentions above. We'd be keen to chat to about any potential research you might like to undertake about this species - sounds exciting! We have quite a few research programs on the go (with ANU and UC) but nothing so far on butterflies/moths. If you'd like to get in touch please email me at ange.calliess@ginninderry.org

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