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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Posted on December 23, 2022 10:42 AM by karoopixie karoopixie

Comments

@ karoopixie, Thanks.

Posted by colin25 over 1 year ago

Thank you for featuring my photo!

Posted by hyperolius over 1 year ago

Thank you!

Posted by traianbertau 9 months ago

Super and superb.

Posted by beetledude 9 months ago

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