4 Eyespot Anthelid moth at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Anthela ocellata | 25 Aug 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Anthela ocellata | 24 Aug 2022 | sadman | ||
| Unverified | 21 Aug 2022 | chriselidie |
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This was found as a caterpillar (sighting 4434465). Have had this in a jar, where it built a cocoon ca. 3.5 months ago. It emerged sometime this week. Its wings are misshaped.
10 comments
chriselidie
wrote:
21 Aug 2022
I'm not sure how I can link two sightings here, but one picture is at https://api.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4434465/images/1?r=29756
The caterpillar is mostly black with long white strands of hair. Hope this is of help
The caterpillar is mostly black with long white strands of hair. Hope this is of help
donhe
wrote:
21 Aug 2022
Can you add the adult photo to the larva sighting and a comment about dates, and then delete this adult sighting?
chriselidie
wrote:
21 Aug 2022
I have added a picture of the moth to the caterpillar post (9th May), and made a comment to that post just before.
donhe
wrote:
24 Aug 2022
A. ocellata usually has filled in black spots on the forewing upper surfaces, rather than the outlined spots of this sighting. Also the A. ocellata larva has rows of pink verrucae, which are not evident in this larva.
chriselidie
wrote:
25 Aug 2022
Yes, I agree. As far as I can tell, A. ocellata looks like a really close match. But the caterpillar here had only blue-black verrucae, no pink ones.
donhe
wrote:
25 Aug 2022
No, I think that A ocellata is a bad match because the forewing spots are not filled in.
owenh
wrote:
25 Aug 2022
Interesting. Check out the images of A. ocellata on CNM and also p. 207 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking G, Bond S, Edwards T. 2022). Females show open 'spots' on forewing (as per chriselidie's images), Males show 'spots' filled in.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.138948-35.173424
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Aug 2022 05:14 PM Recorded on
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Collections
chriselidie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anthela ocellata Anthelid moths (Anthelidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- None Associated plant
- None Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Anthela ocellata Scientific name
- Eyespot Anthelid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 800.31m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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