Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

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Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

I see nothing distinguishing this from several other Amata species, given the variability of the details of the forewing spots ?

Amata xanthura

ibaird wrote:

15 Jun 2025

Unliley to be Termessa (genus) I would think,

Eressa geographica

donhe wrote:

14 Jun 2025

Forewing and yellow marks on head and thorax look like Eressa, Perhaps Eressa strepsimeris or Eressa geographica.

Eressa geographica

donhe wrote:

7 Jun 2025

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:

7 Jun 2025

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

Amata nr aperta