Helena Gum Moth at Fortescue, TAS
Identification history
| Opodiphthera helena | 17 Mar 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Opodiphthera helena | 16 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 18 Mar 2023 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
I think it had been trodden on on the 3 Capes Track
1 comment
VanessaC
wrote:
28 Dec 2024
Hi @HelenCross - could be a Helena Gum Moth?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480025-Opodiphthera-helena/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=6
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480025-Opodiphthera-helena/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=6
Location information
- Coordinates 147.976003-43.137262
- Altitude 18.7m
- Places Fortescue, TAS
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2023 05:14 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
HelenCross NatureMapr Opodiphthera helena Emperor moths (Saturniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Opodiphthera helena Scientific name
- Helena Gum Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1670m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Austrocaligula helena
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
- Description
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