Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Soybean Looper at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
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| Thysanoplusia orichalcea | ibaird | 8 Apr 2024 | |
| Thysanoplusia orichalcea | donhe | 13 Mar 2024 | |
| Noctuidae (family) | galah681 | 13 Mar 2024 | |
| Bibla papyria | CarbonAI | 7 Mar 2024 | |
| Bibla papyria | galah681 | 7 Mar 2024 |
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User's notes
Fastmoving flying from flower to flower. General impression of colour was dull yellow and light brown
5 comments
8 Mar 2024
it was too pale and too large and no white markings so probably not a white banded grass dart. It looked nothing like the previous photo of a white banded grass dart posted below by Christine in the nearby sightings.
9 Mar 2024
This is a moth. Please make that suggestion so moth moderator gets your sighting to review.
9 Mar 2024
I don't think it is a moth. The way the wings are held is like a type of skipper but I can't find one that looks right. The yellow ochre, bronze flat and the orange swift have some similarities and are about the right colours.
13 Mar 2024
Definitely a moth, in the second image you can see that the antennae have no clubbed tips which if present would make this a butterfly. If you can please make a suggestion of moths in the identification history, then the moth moderators can suggest a species for it.
13 Mar 2024
The last suggestion looks about right. Markings and colour match what I saw. Thanks.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066450-35.284782
- Altitude 621.0m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Mar 2024 10:56 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
- Pelargonium Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Australian Ferns galah681 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Thysanoplusia orichalcea Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea Scientific name
- Soybean Looper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 640.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trichoplusia orichalcea Diachrysia orichalcea
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species