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Sighting 4671404

Doratifera (genus)

Cup Moth at Nitmiluk, NT

Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
Doratifera (genus) at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 11:01 AM
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Identification history

Doratifera (genus) 28 May 2025 WendyEM
Doratifera (genus) 28 May 2025 ibaird
Doratifera pinguis 28 May 2025 donhe
Doratifera quadriguttata 27 May 2025 HelenCross

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2 comments

donhe wrote:
   28 May 2025
I think that D. quadriguttata normally has pink stinging spines, and D. Oxleyi and D. pinguis normally have the yellow stingers.
WendyEM wrote:
   28 May 2025
Doratifera pinguis and D. oxleyi are not recorded in NT - iNat records 23 sp and BOLD (Hobern) 18 sp of other Limacodidae sp in N.T.

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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Doratifera (genus) Scientific name
  • Cup Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 658.86m Recorded at altitude
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