Arctiinae (subfamily)
A Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear at Charleys Forest, NSW
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| Arctiinae (subfamily) | kasiaaus | 16 Jan 2025 | |
| Arctiinae (subfamily) | donhe | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| Unverified | arjay | 17 Nov 2024 |
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7 comments
17 Nov 2024
No match found. Possibly Thallarcha genus) given the similarity of the hindwing undeside in both T.sparsana and T, trissomochla.
17 Nov 2024
Ardices curvata? I checked some of my inderside photos and it seems an option. See 2nd photo https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251988665
17 Nov 2024
A. curvata has 3 black bars under the forewing in Laura's photo in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/curvata.html
Maybe Tigrioides alterna, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/arctiinae-under.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/curvata.html
Maybe Tigrioides alterna, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/arctiinae-under.html
18 Nov 2024
I ruled out T. alterna. Not the same rounded shape, markings different I thought.
18 Nov 2024
A. curvata is quite different down here - much stonger orange colour and more significant black markings - haven't managed to photograph the undersides of one here. The other marker in common with this one is the black mid-underwing spot which is also in my Qld one
20 Nov 2024
We know A. curvata can vary a lot in the degree to which the black markings are expressed in different specimens. A. curvata, after all, seems most likely to me, based on Dianne's photo, see second comment above. See also here:-
Ardices curvata (Crimson Tiger Moth)
Ardices curvata (Crimson Tiger Moth)
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- arjay NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Arctiinae (subfamily) Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Arctiinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- A Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 671m Recorded at altitude
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