Amata (genus)

Handmaiden Moth at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

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Identification history

	Amata (genus)	15 Apr 2021	donhe
	Amata (genus)	15 Apr 2021	michaelb

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Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.

6 comments

ibaird wrote:

15 Apr 2021

Mm. Distinctively different though.

michaelb wrote:

15 Apr 2021

Yep, another different one from the same area 4227536, see conversation: Amata (genus) (Handmaiden Moth)

ibaird wrote:

15 Apr 2021

My money's on A pactolina.

michaelb wrote:

15 Apr 2021

With 2 sightings now at different times, maybe the idea that its natural range is N. Aust is incorrect.

ibaird wrote:

15 Apr 2021

Yes I think we could usefully create a category something like: ''Amata nr pactolina' for this and keep a watching brief, and perhaps get a specimen for Glenn to have a close look at. Lets see what the others think.

donhe wrote:

15 Apr 2021

The hindwing looks all wrong for A. pactolina. But BOLD at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=4241
has nearly as many unnamed as named species in Amata.
I think it is a local unnamed species. Yes it would be good to have a bin for it on CNM, but the hard part is remembering to spot it and put it in that bin when we gat them.

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