Diatenes igneipicta
an Erebidae Moth at Harrison, ACT
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| Diatenes igneipicta | WendyEM | 6 Oct 2025 | |
| Diatenes igneipicta | ibaird | 6 Oct 2025 | |
| Pyralidae (family) | DPRees125 | 6 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
at light, not sure of this, looks like a pyralid or a close relative by the way it is sitting with its antennae
3 comments
6 Oct 2025
Pretty sure this is Diatenes (genus) (Noctuidae) D. aglosoides or D. igneipicta. Brownish colouration suggests D. igneipicta,
Location information
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- DPRees125 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Diatenes igneipicta Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Diatenes igneipicta Scientific name
- an Erebidae Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 576.5m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- GPS evidence of location