Platagarista macleayi
1 Macleay's Day-Moth at Moruya, NSW
Identify this sighting
| Platagarista macleayi | donhe | 5 Apr 2025 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 11 Nov 2022 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
3 comments
5 Mar 2023
There are apparently examples of P. glycinae where the main white line on the forewing is reduced to a line of streaks instead of a continous unbroken white line. See this record on the ALA:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/018507c3-028a-48f9-a0bd-34c784a87184
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/018507c3-028a-48f9-a0bd-34c784a87184
Location information
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- LisaH NatureMapr South Coast Platagarista macleayi Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Platagarista macleayi Scientific name
- Macleay's Day-Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description