Nyctemera baulus

1 Asian Magpie Moth at Wellington Point, QLD

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Identification history

Nyctemera baulus	24 May 2025	WendyEM
Nyctemera secundiana	24 Apr 2025	donhe
Nyctemera (genus)	8 Jan 2024	ibaird
Unverified	8 Jan 2024	TimL

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7 comments

donhe wrote:

8 Jan 2024

N. baulus or secundiana. Need to see the hindwings to distinguish these.

donhe wrote:

8 Jan 2024

I see AFD says N. secundiana is junior synonym of N. baulus.

WendyEM wrote:

23 Apr 2025

https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=70281
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=202263
iNat map has them south to Wollongong

donhe wrote:

24 Apr 2025

I thought N. baulus differed from N. secundiana by having a much larger white patch on the hindwing which shows on the underside , but is not evident in these photos

WendyEM wrote:

24 Apr 2025

ok, it is N. secundiana going by the isolated (black above & below) small size white spot of the hindwing visable on several shots above. However, as Don said, on ALA N. secundiana is is listed as a synonym for N. baulus see
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e78784a4-71a6-4749-b23a-53fd838ac9a6#names

WendyEM wrote:

24 May 2025

For a long time Nyctemera secundiana T.P. Lucas, 1891 was considered a separate species. It is now considered a synonym of Nyctemera baulus (Boisduval, 1832).

ibaird wrote:

25 May 2025

https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/search/names?search=true&keyword=Nyctemera+secundiana%0D%0A

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Location information

Places Wellington Point, QLD

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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TimL NatureMapr Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Nyctemera baulus

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health
Resting Insect behaviour on flower

Species information

Nyctemera baulus Scientific name
Asian Magpie Moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 735.57m Recorded at altitude
Synonyms
Nyctemera secundiana

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