Hestiochora furcata

A zygaenid moth at Mount Clear, ACT

Hestiochora furcata at Mount Clear, ACT - 10 Dec 2017
Hestiochora furcata at Mount Clear, ACT - 10 Dec 2017
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Identification history

Hestiochora furcata 13 Jan 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Hestiochora furcata 9 Jan 2018 GlennCocking
Hestiochora tricolor 23 Dec 2017 HarveyPerkins

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   23 Dec 2017
Hestiochora tricolor (Forester Moth), Zygaenidae:Procridinae
GlennCocking wrote:
   6 Jan 2018
It would be good to capture a specimen of this, as few ACT Hestichora specimens are available. Tarmann 2004 suggests tricolor is mainly a Tasmanian species, and that there are several species in a complex that cannot be reliably distinguished by external characters only. The forewing on this apparently female specimen is very black and best matches Tarmann's illustration of H. furcata.

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