Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
Sighting 4542565

Nyctemera baulus

1 Asian Magpie Moth at Wellington Point, QLD

Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
Nyctemera baulus at Wellington Point, QLD - suppressed
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Identification history

Nyctemera baulus 24 May 2025 WendyEM
Nyctemera secundiana 24 Apr 2025 donhe
Nyctemera (genus) 8 Jan 2024 ibaird
Unverified 8 Jan 2024 TimL

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7 comments

donhe wrote:
   8 Jan 2024
N. baulus or secundiana. Need to see the hindwings to distinguish these.
donhe wrote:
   8 Jan 2024
I see AFD says N. secundiana is junior synonym of N. baulus.
WendyEM wrote:
   23 Apr 2025
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=70281
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=202263
iNat map has them south to Wollongong
donhe wrote:
   24 Apr 2025
I thought N. baulus differed from N. secundiana by having a much larger white patch on the hindwing which shows on the underside , but is not evident in these photos
WendyEM wrote:
   24 Apr 2025
ok, it is N. secundiana going by the isolated (black above & below) small size white spot of the hindwing visable on several shots above. However, as Don said, on ALA N. secundiana is is listed as a synonym for N. baulus see
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e78784a4-71a6-4749-b23a-53fd838ac9a6#names
WendyEM wrote:
   24 May 2025
For a long time Nyctemera secundiana T.P. Lucas, 1891 was considered a separate species. It is now considered a synonym of Nyctemera baulus (Boisduval, 1832).
ibaird wrote:
   25 May 2025
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/search/names?search=true&keyword=Nyctemera+secundiana%0D%0A

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Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health
  • Resting Insect behaviour on flower

Species information

  • Nyctemera baulus Scientific name
  • Asian Magpie Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 735.57m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Nyctemera secundiana

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