Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth

Unidentified - Moth at Dunlop, ACT

Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth at Dunlop, ACT - 22 Sep 2018
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Identification history

Lepidoptera unclassified ADULT moth 13 Dec 2019 GlennCocking
Anthela oressarcha 26 Oct 2018 donhe
Unidentified 25 Oct 2018 AlisonMilton

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5 comments

GlennCocking wrote:
   27 Oct 2018
I can see the similarity in wing pattern with A. oressarcha (a highland species), but look at those very big eyes. I've been assuming it's a micro, but how big was it Alison?
AlisonMilton wrote:
   1 Nov 2018
Hi Glenn, from memory I think it was about half an inch. I'm not so good at converting to mm.
GlennCocking wrote:
   1 Nov 2018
Could it be a battered Arrade destituta?
donhe wrote:
   2 Nov 2018
Certainly too small for Anthela sp.
GlennCocking wrote:
   21 Jan 2019
I was the one to first suggest Arrade destituta, but it was always speculative, and my best guess now is Pyralidae or Cramibidae.

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