Amata (genus)

Handmaiden Moth at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

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Identification history

Amata (genus)	13 Jul 2019	GlennCocking
Unidentified	19 Jun 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Amata pactolina	2 Jun 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Amata (genus)	31 May 2019	MichaelBedingfield

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User's notes

Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.

4 comments

donhe wrote:

31 May 2019

This does rather look like Amata pactolina, but Walker's original specimen and the 5 BOLD specimens are all from the Northern Territory, see
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=321535
Global warming?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

1 Jun 2019

Thanks for the note Don
I did notice this specimen was different from sighting 4227537 at the same location, so I put them in separately.

ibaird wrote:

1 Jun 2019

Yes the similarity to A pactolina seems quite striking.

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Jul 2019

I think the fact that this moth and 4227537 were flying together suggests that the differences in the photos are more likely to illustrate variation within a local species, probably confounded by one of them being well worn, than the presence of a vagrant from N Aust. Amata pactolina has only been recorded in NT and northern WA.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.069202 -35.452886
Altitude 560.9m
Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
27 Mar 2019 06:23 PM Recorded on
MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera)

Additional information

Mentha x piperita Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Amata (genus) Scientific name
Handmaiden Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1425.71m Recorded at altitude
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