Soybean Looper at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
Identification history
| Thysanoplusia orichalcea | 8 Apr 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Thysanoplusia orichalcea | 13 Mar 2024 | donhe | ||
| Noctuidae (family) | 13 Mar 2024 | galah681 | ||
| Taractrocera papyria | 7 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Taractrocera papyria | 7 Mar 2024 | galah681 |
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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
galah681
wrote:
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.
RAllen
wrote:
9 Mar 2024
This is a moth. Please make that suggestion so moth moderator gets your sighting to review.
galah681
wrote:
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.
SuziBond
wrote:
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.
galah681
wrote:
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
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Pelargonium Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trichoplusia orichalcea Diachrysia orichalcea
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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