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Discussion

WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Me too. I looked through Geometrids & Pyralids before deciding it must be a Noctuid. I did find an almost match in Pyralids - Salma cletolis

Pseudozarba orthopetes
DPRees125 wrote:
Yesterday
True, This one was not settled when shot so that tip, which I know does not always work. Otherwise this moth threw me

Pseudozarba orthopetes
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
a new one for me too
Pseudozarba orthopetes
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=558179
(Pyralids usually hold their antennae on top and down their wings)

Pseudozarba orthopetes
Yesterday
Definitely a Marbled Xenica.

Geitoneura klugii
DPRees125 wrote:
Yesterday
no way, that is pyralis farinalis

Scenedra decoratalis
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