Abantiades atripalpis
Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth at Watson, ACT
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| Abantiades atripalpis | ibaird | 17 Apr 2025 | |
| Abantiades atripalpis | mattjfitzgerald | 17 Apr 2025 | |
| Abantiades (genus) | ibaird | 16 Apr 2025 | |
| Abantiades (genus) | DianneClarke | 16 Apr 2025 | |
| Unverified | mattjfitzgerald | 15 Apr 2025 |
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large moth, adult male hand in 1 photo for scale
6 comments
16 Apr 2025
Assuming you have noother photos showing hindwings I'm not sure we can be definitive on species. On second thoughta I'm not suee I see markings with either species suggested, although I stand open to be corrected.
17 Apr 2025
I've uploaded some more photos I took on a better camera. Hopefully these help?
17 Apr 2025
Many thanks for those extra photos, The head on shot, photo 3, is parrticularly interesting. See contrasting photo of a male by raspycricket (ALA):-
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a3c5047b-7679-4e2f-a841-68721446da19
Also YellowButtons
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/1ee648d6-b5fe-4d68-b39a-4257b47fb450
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a3c5047b-7679-4e2f-a841-68721446da19
Also YellowButtons
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/1ee648d6-b5fe-4d68-b39a-4257b47fb450
Location information
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- mattjfitzgerald Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Collections
- mattjfitzgerald NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Abantiades atripalpis Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Abantiades atripalpis Scientific name
- Bardee grub/moth, Rain Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 795.62m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trictena atripalpis
Record quality
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