Moth ID

[Bron King <>]

Hi Lindsay 

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bronking/4459888794/in/set-72157623157081406/
Utetheisa pulchelloides taken in Dunlop and also recently in my Melba
Garden

Discussion about species here

 http://www.insectnet.com/dcforum/DCForumID2/2518.html

cheers
Bron

At 08:10 PM 3/05/2010, Lindsay Hansch wrote:
> I know this is not a bird ? but it
> flies.  I photographed this moth at Cocoparra National Park on
> Saturday.  My research indicates a Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa
> pulchella) but I can find no indication that it exists in
> Australia.  Indeed its usual range is shown as Mediterranean Europe
> to Africa and Middle East.  However, I found records on the web of
> it occurring in the UK and West Indies so anything is possible.  Can
> anyone shed any light on it.
>  
> Lindsay Hansch
>
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