Donovan's Tiger Moth at Kingston, ACT
Identification history
| Aloa marginata | 23 Dec 2022 | donhe | ||
| Aloa marginata | 23 Dec 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Ardices (genus) | 22 Dec 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Dec 2022 | RAllen |
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User's notes
Flew off after much fluttering and got scooped up by a Pied Currawong
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
22 Dec 2022
There are plain black Spilosoma species specimens on BOLD and ALA, but I see no plain white variants. Is this very worn, or I wonder if this could be an Aloa or even Amerila species?
ibaird
wrote:
23 Dec 2022
All the Amerila species seem to be tropical and only one I saw online on the ALA had reddish abdominal markings. If Aloa one would expect to see red/orange margin along the forewing costa edge, although that is not obvious at all here. The abdominal marking are orange rather than red and faint. There are some Aloa marginita sightings on the ALA which are orange and in those the forewing costa colour is much reduced, near absent. So on second thoughts, Aloa or A. marginata seems most likely to me.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.137371-35.316227
- Places Kingston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Dec 2022 07:26 PM Recorded on
- RAllen Recorded by
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Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) RAllen Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Aloa marginata Scientific name
- Donovan's Tiger Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1239.92m Recorded at altitude
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