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Noctuid Moth

Maliattha signifera

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Field Notes

Description:

about 1 cm or less. Tented wings with rounded tips and shallow arcs on the rear edge Top half of pattern is pale with a black jagged line parting the two halves of the design. The lower half is two ochre bands and a dark brown band with white jagged lines separating them The antenna are small and held back along the wing line. There are other patterns and shapes on the wing

Habitat:

In a garden by a night light. Very active. Full moon.

Notes:

file #pope moth 9991 Another specimen found almost 1000km south of the kinown range

Reference Links:

Maliattha signifera, Maliattha signifera

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Comments (8)
StephenSolomons
Lol. I get the point about politicking. My thoughts had more to do with the one being more flexible in the way they record things and thing recorded being more immediately available. But I was just guessing. The weather is changing as well so perhaps this records the exodus of warmer climate creatures
Mark Ridgway
I get the point of academic politicking though but we'd like to think they are professionals above all. I've had some recent conversations with kiwis about just how much gets blown across the ditch. It's an impressive list of species that have made that jump but also notable in that the smaller you are the further you can go. 8-)
StephenSolomons
Oh, that reads incorrectly. I meant what a buzz to be carried on the wings of storms and to be so small
StephenSolomons
Argy I thought it may have been the differing priorities between University of Southern Queensland graduates and CSIRO scientists in NSW. Imagine being blown five hundred kilometres and yet only a cm long
Mark Ridgway
Good job !! The weather lately has had a big impact on small critters.
StephenSolomons
Thanks Argy. The moon? I do not know. It was up there demanding attention though :-)
Mark Ridgway
Nice one - do you think the full moon is important?

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PublishedMarch 27, 2013

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