Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

Chrysolarentia epicteta - female ?? distribution?
C. interruptata ?? C. rhynchota ??
Xanthorhoe vacuaria ??
Visiana bruja ??

Larentiinae sp.

Mike wrote:

8 May 2025

Larvae never hatched from eggs. However, I have checked after seeing similar photo in Horne and Crawford "Backyard Insects", and found that tiny wasps had emerged, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4667704.

Mnesampela privata

ibaird wrote:

7 May 2025

Perhaps the species is sexually dimorphic. I have created the species I. iodesma for the field guide Taxonomy but I'm not sure this sighting is that species. I further note the most sightings to date of I. iodesma on iNaturalist and the ALA are from northern coastal NSW and SE Queensland.

Idaea iodesma

ibaird wrote:

7 May 2025

I agree with Dianne, this sighting looks identical to Don Hobern's two sightings on iNaturalist at Aranda ACT identified as 'Idaea (genus)'. There is no dark 'collar' and the there is a strong reddish costa. Whereas most set specimens I can clearly see on Bold seem to have a clear dark collar and lack the reddish tinge along the costa.

Idaea iodesma

ibaird wrote:

6 May 2025

The only editing I do is to ensure the Scientific Name of a named species is confined to the accepted binomial of trinomial scientific name -of for a species not formally named, to a published or onlne name modertors agree to.

Eucyclodes fascinans