Porela (genus)

A porela moth at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

Porela (genus)	22 Feb 2024	ibaird
Porela (genus)	22 Feb 2024	donhe
Lasiocampidae (family) IMMATURE	22 Feb 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	14 Feb 2024	GirtsO

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not sure where it came from, was digging out a root , without any vegetation around except grass. Alive and well.

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donhe wrote:

22 Feb 2024

The pair of black stripes on the "face" is characteristic of Porela species. I hope you can rear it to an adult to determine which species it is, though we can tell it is not P. delineata or P. cinerea, there are still 13 other named Australian Porela species it could be.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.059063 -35.394376
Altitude 625.9m
Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
14 Feb 2024 11:26 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Porela (genus) Scientific name
A porela moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 728.28m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

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Victoria

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