I do not think so Don, size alone may rule out Aponotoreas petrodes. My specimen is about 10mm, the lines on the shade cloth it is sitting on, average 4mm apart. A. petrodes is described by Turner as ♂♀ 22-26mm and an example of a ♂ in Moths of Victoria Vol3 is given as 18mm
Yes GBNM is ambiguous whether 'size' is a body length or wingspan. Most non-geometrids shut their wings, so normally it is body length. The smallest Geometrid that I know is Ectropis crepuscularia wingspan 0.5 cm from USA. Perhaps we have been invaded.
Found it Don, I was completely in the wrong family it is Trissernis ochrochlora (Turner, 1902); NOCTUIDAE(Family); Acontiinae (Subfamily). Described as being 10-11 mm
Good one, a searh in Larentiinae was in vain. I used this to test iNaturnalist;s AI search feature. Happily it was able to find Trissernis (genus) as its top suggestion.
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