Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

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This moth sub-category for the superfamily Noctuoidea contains the large families Noctuidae and Erebidae as well the smaller Euteliidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae and Oenosandridae. The Arctiinae also belong to this superfamily, but are distinctive and well known so are given their own moth sub-category

Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

Featured sightings

Spodoptera mauritia (Lawn Armyworm) at Bargo, NSW - 23 Mar 2024 by Snows

Ericeia sobria (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae)) by Aussiegall

Epicoma (genus) at Penrose - 28 Jan 2024 by Aussiegall

Dasypodia selenophora (Southern old lady moth) at Wingecarribee Local Government Area - 14 Jan 2024 by Curiosity

Psalidostetha banksiae (Banksia Moth) at Penrose - 31 Dec 2023 by Aussiegall

Latest sightings

Dasypodia selenophora (Southern old lady moth) at Penrose, NSW - 27 Jun 2025 by Aussiegall

Simplicia armatalis (Crescent Moth) at Bargo, NSW - 20 Nov 2022 by Snows

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PJH123 wrote:

3 hrs ago

@WendyEM You are probably correct, I have looked at the barcodes, marginalis is in 5 bins and looks like it only reaches into southern QLD and probably not the real marginalis. E. niphobola on the other hand has its type from Townsville. It fits into 4 Bins one of which (from NSW) coincides with one of the marginalis bins; a second bin has 2 specimens from South Australia; a third bin with 2 specimens one from S.E.QLD the other from Victoria and the fourth bin with 8 specimens are all from Townsville, from the one area by the late Graeme Cocks (these may be the true niphobola based on type location). So mine may well be niphobola based on its location. BOLD also has a E, niphobola PS1 in a bin of its own from the NT and a E. niphobola PS2 in a bin of its own from S.E.QLD

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WendyEM wrote:

10 Jul 2025

Could this be E. niphobola which is very similar to E. marginalis but BOLD (Hobern) gives a more appropriate distribution for? Otherwise this is a much more northerly record compared to Bold or iNat records.

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WendyEM wrote:

9 Jul 2025

Thanks for sorting this out Jason.

Dura (genus)

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

9 Jul 2025

With a bit of working around,
I have added: Dura (genus) to NatureMapr's taxonomy.

(I have not yet worked out what the interaction was with grasses genus Aira .)

Dura (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

9 Jul 2025

It is till doing it today. Have you asked "management" or plant/monocot moderators bout this? Aira is a genus of grass (Poaceae) called Hairgrass. ALA does not list Dura as a synonym for Aira as far as I can see. There are however a couple of moncots that have dura as a species - Sclerochloa dura (Hardgrass) is introduced grass found in Australia used for turf also - Lomandra multiflora subsp. dura - Stiff Iron-grass whose natural S.A. community is critically endangered.
OR this has nothing to do with it.

Dura (genus)