Pale Cup Moth at Sheldon, QLD
Identification history
| Doratifera pinguis | 29 Jul 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Doratifera pinguis | 29 Jul 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 27 Jul 2023 | PJH123 |
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Limacodidae
5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
28 Jul 2023
Seems likely, but Í havent found a match in Limacodidae. Is that green colouration real or an artefact of the lighting? Doratifera?
PJH123
wrote:
29 Jul 2023
Yes Ian, it is up close to the lamp, so the colouration is incorrect. I have records of both D. pinguis and D. quadriguttata from here. This one is closer to D. quadriguttata but I suspect inconclusive
donhe
wrote:
29 Jul 2023
The two forewing submarginal lines match those on several specimens of D. pinguis on BOLD. A group of their specimens of this species seem to come from both sides of the QLD-NSW border.
PJH123
wrote:
29 Jul 2023
The striping on the legs and the dashed line on the cilia are hard to place on any species
ibaird
wrote:
29 Jul 2023
Yes the submarginal dashed lines are distinctive. I have not found those marks on any online specimens. Although I agree with don that some specimens on Bold show this feature faintly.. Pity we don't have another image.
Location information
- Places Sheldon, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- PJH123 Recorded by
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Collections
Sheldon PJH123 NatureMapr Doratifera pinguis Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Doratifera pinguis Scientific name
- Pale Cup Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 748m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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