Threnosia (genus)
A Tiger moth (Lithosiini) at O'Reilly, QLD
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| Threnosia (genus) | ibaird | 11 Oct 2026 | |
| Philobota productella | CarbonAI | 27 Sep 2026 | |
| Threnosia (genus) | WendyEM | 16 Jun 2025 | |
| Lepista pulverulenta | donhe | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| Hoplostega ochroma | Hejor1 | 11 Jun 2024 |
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11 comments
11 Jun 2024
No obvious upturned labial palps, so not Hoplostega. I do not see any Lambula species with a pale subcostal forewing stripe at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77189
Lepista pulverulenta?
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77189
Lepista pulverulenta?
12 Jun 2024
I couldn't find a match in Lithosiini either but the forewing shape from above would suggest such.
14 Jun 2024
OK, you've almost convinced me, but this photo from life is very dark grey, quite unlike the set specimen on AFD.
17 Jun 2024
Lucas describes the forewings as "ochreous - brown". Maybe the shade in the photo is a lighting artefact, or it is a dark specimen. The darkness of the skin is often variable within a species.
17 Jun 2024
@donhe the lighting was quite bad for this one, but my impression was that it was more grey than brown.
21 Jun 2025
Threnosia hypopolia?
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/05465ec6-bcfc-4f8c-9892-f9b35a62c9bc#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/05465ec6-bcfc-4f8c-9892-f9b35a62c9bc#gallery
21 Jun 2025
I am not sure that Threnosia hypopolia has the strong white band along the costa. The faded type, from Museums Victoria, on ALA and the digitally adjusted copy of the image on Moths of Victoria Part 2 (2nd Ed.) CD have the wide white strip.
Location information
- Coordinates 153.135711-28.230686
- Altitude 922.0m
- Places O'Reilly, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Jun 2024 06:05 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
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Species information
- Threnosia (genus) Scientific name
- A Tiger moth (Lithosiini) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 921.95m Recorded at altitude
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