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Anthela ocellata

4 Eyespot Anthelid moth at Gungahlin, ACT

Anthela ocellata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Aug 2022
Anthela ocellata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Aug 2022
Anthela ocellata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Aug 2022
Anthela ocellata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Aug 2022
Anthela ocellata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Aug 2022
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Identification history

Anthela ocellata 25 Aug 2022 ibaird
Anthela ocellata 24 Aug 2022 sadman
Unidentified 21 Aug 2022 chriselidie

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This was found as a caterpillar (sighting 4434465). Have had this in a jar, where it built a cocoon ca. 3.5 months ago. It emerged sometime this week. Its wings are misshaped.

10 comments

donhe wrote:
   21 Aug 2022
Anthela xantharcha ?
donhe wrote:
   21 Aug 2022
Can you combine this sighting with the larva sighting?
chriselidie wrote:
   21 Aug 2022
I'm not sure how I can link two sightings here, but one picture is at https://api.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4434465/images/1?r=29756
The caterpillar is mostly black with long white strands of hair. Hope this is of help
donhe wrote:
   21 Aug 2022
Can you add the adult photo to the larva sighting and a comment about dates, and then delete this adult sighting?
chriselidie wrote:
   21 Aug 2022
I have added a picture of the moth to the caterpillar post (9th May), and made a comment to that post just before.
donhe wrote:
   24 Aug 2022
A. ocellata usually has filled in black spots on the forewing upper surfaces, rather than the outlined spots of this sighting. Also the A. ocellata larva has rows of pink verrucae, which are not evident in this larva.
chriselidie wrote:
   25 Aug 2022
Yes, I agree. As far as I can tell, A. ocellata looks like a really close match. But the caterpillar here had only blue-black verrucae, no pink ones.
donhe wrote:
   25 Aug 2022
No, I think that A ocellata is a bad match because the forewing spots are not filled in.
owenh wrote:
   25 Aug 2022
Interesting. Check out the images of A. ocellata on CNM and also p. 207 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking G, Bond S, Edwards T. 2022). Females show open 'spots' on forewing (as per chriselidie's images), Males show 'spots' filled in.
donhe wrote:
   25 Aug 2022
Ok antennae clearly female.

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