Australothis rubrescens
Indian Weed Caterpillar at Melba, ACT
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| Australothis rubrescens | ibaird | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| Australothis rubrescens | donhe | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| Helicoverpa assulta | kasiaaus | 12 Nov 2024 |
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About 25mm
4 comments
13 Nov 2024
It doesn't match BOLD specimens https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=53553 which are all recorded as Northern Australia
13 Nov 2024
I found a very close one on iNat but I know it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
13 Nov 2024
The 10 photos of H. assulta in Matthew's Heliothine Moths, plate 11, all show a dark double submarginal band on the each forewing, which is rather attenuated on this specimen. I think this specimen is closer to A. rubescens, which seems seldom to be reddish !
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050308-35.208559
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Nov 2024 11:43 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Australothis rubrescens Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Australothis rubrescens Scientific name
- Indian Weed Caterpillar Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 736.6m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Heliothis rubrescens (IFB Common 1990 cited in Moths of Australia, MUP)
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