Heliotrope Moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Utetheisa lotrix | 17 May 2020 | donhe | ||
| Utetheisa pulchelloides | 17 May 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Utetheisa pulchelloides | 17 May 2020 | jb2602 |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
17 May 2020
Probably U. pulchelloides given there isa mark is is in the right place, although it looks black rather than red.
ibaird
wrote:
17 May 2020
OK, interesting. I had assumed from the key provided by MoV that essentially there was just no spot at all in U. lotrix where the red spot occurs in U. pulchelloides.
ibaird
wrote:
17 May 2020
Don FYI. I quote what MoV says on their PDF file entitled: 'Utetheisa - Separating species": 'Males of U. pulchelloides have a pouch of hairs on the rear wing. Male antenna have short pectinations in U. pulchelloides only. There is no reliable way of separating the females. although U. lotrix lacks a red spot indicated below (i.e circled) while U. pulchelloides usually has it.' The illustration they gave for U. lotrix female to my eye doesn't show a red or black spot, rather no spot at all.- which was also true of the U. lotrix male shown too.. I must admit though I believe I have seen black spots present in that position in other specimens also. Its also not easy to be sure in many cases because the relevant part of the forewing is hidden or not in clear view.
Please Login or Register to comment.
Nearby sightings
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152058-35.259204
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Nov 2019 09:06 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Utetheisa pulchelloides Scientific name
- Heliotrope Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1738.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
