Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

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Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

Reorienting and rescaling a copy of this photo to match a forewing with those in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/cten-wings.html
one can see it is a long way from say A. annulata and from A. chlorometis,
but is as close to A. humeralis and A. orphnaea as it it is to A. aperta.

Amata nr aperta

donhe wrote:

Yesterday

Because other species look like this too and are also variable, so this could be one of those.

Amata nr aperta

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

why do things go in as "near Amata aperta" or whatever else ???? the species is quite variable why not THE actual species ???

Amata nr aperta

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

Amata aperta
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=10507
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=514348

Amata nr aperta

donhe wrote:

5 Jun 2025

Some photos of this show off-white rather than yellow wings. Is this a sex difference?

Thallarcha mochlina