Macaduma toxophora
Lithosiini at Tamborine Mountain, QLD
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| Macaduma toxophora | 19 Aug 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Macaduma toxophora | 12 Aug 2025 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 11 Aug 2025 | PJH123 |
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User's notes
Macaduma sp best fits images of Macaduma picroptila on BOLD Australia but the AFD has Macaduma picroptila as a synonym of Macaduma toxophore. It may well be Macaduma strongyle
1 comment
donhe
wrote:
11 Aug 2025
I think the forewing submarginal zigzag line suggests M. toxophire/picroptila
Location information
- Places Tamborine Mountain, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- PJH123 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Mt Tamborine PJH123 NatureMapr Macaduma toxophora Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Macaduma toxophora Scientific name
- Lithosiini Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 12.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Macaduma picroptila Psapharacis toxophora
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location