Handmaiden Moth at Bamaga, QLD
Identification history
| Amata (genus) | 13 Apr 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Amata nr. huebneri | 13 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Amata (genus) | 26 Jul 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 26 Jul 2024 | Mike |
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4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
13 Apr 2025
I assume there is a typo on the site and this is meant to be nr. NOT pr. ??
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=574413
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=574413
donhe
wrote:
13 Apr 2025
The diagnostic pale basal hindwing fascia for A. huebneri is obscured in this photo, so I think we cannot tell the species.
WendyEM
wrote:
13 Apr 2025
I could not find any other sp with matching forewings. The location FN Qld is appropriate too. We ID plenty of moths without hindwings.
donhe
wrote:
13 Apr 2025
A. huebneri also typically has 4 submarginal forewing hyaline spots. This has 3. The spot sizes, shapes and positions of this specimen looks to me consistent with those of published images of several other identified Amata species, and given the variability of these species, I do not feel confident in assigning a species to this specimen.
Location information
- Coordinates 142.387874-10.892063
- Altitude 103.5m
- Places Bamaga, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jul 2024 04:47 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Mike NatureMapr Amata (genus) Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Amata (genus) Scientific name
- Handmaiden Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1425.71m Recorded at altitude
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