Nearcha (genus)

An Oenochromine moth at Saint George, QLD

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Identification history

Nearcha (genus)	4 Jun 2025	donhe
Nearcha (genus)	3 Jun 2025	ibaird
Unverified	1 Jun 2025	PJH123

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3 comments

ibaird wrote:

3 Jun 2025

The speciment is not fre;sh, but the whitiish head suggests N. staurotis to me.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1270442-Nearcha-staurotis

donhe wrote:

4 Jun 2025

BOLD shows N. staurotis as having a pattern of dark markings.

PJH123 wrote:

4 Jun 2025

Though described from WA, N. atyla was described as differing from N. subcelata ( a synonym of nullata) because of having, head white on the crown.
https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=329419

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Location information

Coordinates 147.870389 -27.966222
Places Saint George, QLD

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
2 Nov 2009 08:12 PM Recorded on
PJH123 Recorded by
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PJH123 NatureMapr South West Queensland Latest Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Nearcha (genus) Scientific name
An Oenochromine moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania