Pale Spotted Tiger Moth at Rocky Creek, NSW
Identification history
| Amata nr aperta | 7 Jun 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Amata nr aperta | 7 Jun 2025 | donhe | ||
| Amata aperta | 7 Jun 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 7 Jun 2025 | PJH123 |
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Amata sp
4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Amata aperta
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=10507
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=514348
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=10507
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=514348
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Jun 2025
why do things go in as "near Amata aperta" or whatever else ???? the species is quite variable why not THE actual species ???
donhe
wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Because other species look like this too and are also variable, so this could be one of those.
donhe
wrote:
7 Jun 2025
Reorienting and rescaling a copy of this photo to match a forewing with those in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/cten-wings.html
one can see it is a long way from say A. annulata and from A. chlorometis,
but is as close to A. humeralis and A. orphnaea as it it is to A. aperta.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/cten-wings.html
one can see it is a long way from say A. annulata and from A. chlorometis,
but is as close to A. humeralis and A. orphnaea as it it is to A. aperta.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.085061-30.134783
- Places Rocky Creek, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2009 07:49 PM Recorded on
- PJH123 Recorded by
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PJH123 NatureMapr New England Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Amata nr aperta
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Amata nr aperta Scientific name
- Pale Spotted Tiger Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 763m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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