Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Circopetes obtusata (Grey Twisted Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Phrissogonus laticostata (Apple looper moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 28 Feb 2025 by WendyEM

Crypsiphona ocultaria (Red-lined Looper Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 28 Feb 2025 by WendyEM

Zermizinga sinuata (Lucerne Looper, Spider Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 28 Feb 2025 by WendyEM

Thalaina clara (Clara's Satin Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Parosteodes fictiliaria (Dodonaea Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Niceteria macrocosma (Showy Geometrid) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

$Ectropis fractaria (Ringed Bark Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM$

Ectropis excursaria (Common Bark Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Dissomorphia australiaria (Dashed Geometrid, Ennominae) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Chloroclystis filata (Filata Moth, Australian Pug Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 1 Mar 2025 by WendyEM

Idaea costaria (White-edged Wave) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 28 Feb 2025 by WendyEM

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ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

Black line across the hindwings at either end turns sharply 'upward' before it reaches the hindwing margin.

Ectropis excursaria

ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

Black line across the hindwings at either end turns sharply 'upward' before it reaches the hindwing margin.

Ectropis excursaria

ibaird wrote:

3 hrs ago

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249100378

Idiodes pellophanes

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

I suggest it might well be Taxeotis epigaea, an apparently variable species, but see:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104019419
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICO573-10
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICO574-10

Taxeotis (genus)

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

To my eye this moth strongly suggests Androchela newmannaria, however i see no evidence of such a black specimen of this species anywhere online,

Androchela newmannaria