Eutricha caterpillar ID help

Some of the Eutricha pillars are a bit tricky to tell apart especially:
E. capensis
E. bifascia
E. obscura

Distribution helps:

  • E. capensis & E. bifascia occur along the southwestern Cape coast from Paternoster down to the peninsula and east to Gqeberha.
  • E. obscura occurs eastwards from around Kenton-on-Sea up the KZN coast, then inland to PMB, Pretoria and Kruger NP.

I am working on a map, but in so doing am finding several incorrect IDs. Once the map is cleaner I'll put it here.

HELPFUL PICTURES

Photo credits: E. bifascia (top to bottom) @felix_riegel @sallyslak @simphiwe_siphosethu | E. capensis @hyperolius @mariedelport





Photo credits: E. capensis @colin25 @glodina @tonyrebelo | E. obscura @anthonywalton @dherbert




E. capensis has western and eastern forms - the former can be confused with E. bifascia and the latter with E. obscura.

Thank you very much to the photographers for their wonderful photos!
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Publicado el 23 de diciembre de 2022 a las 10:42 AM por karoopixie karoopixie

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@ karoopixie, Thanks.

Anotado por colin25 hace más de un año

Thank you for featuring my photo!

Anotado por hyperolius hace más de un año

Thank you!

Anotado por traianbertau hace 10 meses

Super and superb.

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