Lophotoma metabula

A Erebid moth at Greenway, ACT

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Identification history

Lophotoma metabula	13 Feb 2018	ibaird
Lophotoma metabula	13 Feb 2018	GlennCocking
Unidentified	24 Jan 2018	RodDeb

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5 comments

donhe wrote:

25 Jan 2018

Amelora catacris ?

ibaird wrote:

2 Feb 2018

After online searching I haven't been able to get a closer match than A catacris. Best images of A. catacris are of course from Moths of Victoria Part 5. There are also three specimens on Bold Systems 4. A. catacris is described as a distinct high alpine species (i.e Falls Creek, Bogong High Plains etc in Victoria) and at Guthega (Bold Systems 4). The MoV images however show only a blackish single line across the forewing with distinct black and white spotting, however this specimen shows double black lines across the forewing and the spotting is much less apparent. None of the unnamed species of Amelora on Bold Systems 4 or in Moths of Victoria seem to match this specimen. If this is an Amelora sp. perhaps it is an as yet unrecorded species found at lower altitudes in the ACT. Pyralidae perhaps?

RodDeb wrote:

2 Feb 2018

Thanks for all your hard work most appreciated

GlennCocking wrote:

13 Feb 2018

I was distracted by the colours picked up by the lighting in the main photo. They don't show up in dry specimens, which are much easier to match to the fourth photo.

RodDeb wrote:

14 Feb 2018

Thanks for managing to identify this moth.

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