A Footman moth (Lithosiini at Bloomsbury, QLD
Identification history
| Hemonia simillima | 21 Jun 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Hemonia simillima | 21 Jun 2025 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 19 Jun 2025 | PJH123 |
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User's notes
Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913 if Hampson's 1914 subsequent description is correct as it differs from Rothschild's. See fig. 27
https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid12brit/page/n195/mode/2up?view=theater
4 comments
donhe
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
No yellow spots, cf Dave's image on AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Hemonia_simillima
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Hemonia_simillima
ibaird
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
donhe: don't ypu mean LBH, not 'AFD'[?
I would say there are very faint yellow spots in the right places in this sighting photo.
I would say there are very faint yellow spots in the right places in this sighting photo.
donhe
wrote:
21 Jun 2025
The AFD pages of the Lithosiini each have a copy of Dave's photo of that species.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.543206-20.797722
- Places Bloomsbury, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2008 10:53 PM Recorded on
- PJH123 Recorded by
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Collections
PJH123 NatureMapr Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Hemonia simillima
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Hemonia simillima Scientific name
- A Footman moth (Lithosiini Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 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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