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ibaird wrote:
3 min ago
Yes. looking at your references there are strong similarities with Shargacucullia lychnitis and Shargacucullia (genus), including thhe foewing margin shape,
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)
ibaird wrote:
24 min ago
Likewise. Looked at Notodontidae without success. I thought it might be a dark Destolmia lineata but the the forewing outer margins not consistent
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PJH123 wrote:
26 min ago
I might be sitting with Alice at the bottom of the rabbit hole but it might be a members of the Subfamily Cuculliinae. The only Australian species, Neogalea sunia Guenée, was introduced for the biological control of Lantana. While it is not that species, the closest I found were members of this subfamily from overseas, in particular the genus Shargacucullia
See Shargacucullia lychnitis
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-73057-2219-striped-lychnis-shargacucullia-lychnitis-116632864.html

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4907710128

If you look at my specimen it has a semicircular mark on the inner margin of the forewing(about half way, the marks from both forewings are side by side where they cover the abdomen), this mark can be seen on all examples of various species of Shargacucullia on this BOLD site
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196769
I have not found images of all the species of Shargacucullia
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ibaird wrote:
27 min ago
Great work Helen, I'm looking forward to more moth sightings from Kakadu National Park!
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ibaird wrote:
31 min ago
A first sighting of this species on NatureMapr. The species is known to occur in tropical northern Australia, Excellent pjotos.
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