Sodaliata Moth, Clover Moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Epyaxa sodaliata | 20 Mar 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Epyaxa sodaliata | 19 Mar 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Epyaxa subidaria | 16 Sep 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Epyaxa subidaria | 16 Sep 2019 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Looks like the female of a pair of Epyaxa subidaria
5 comments
jb2602
wrote:
26 Sep 2019
This looks more like Epyaxa sodaliata as line A is perpendicular to the costa rather than acute (I think).
donhe
wrote:
27 Sep 2019
referring to MOV sodaliata3.pdf, I think
A is acute
B is scalloped
C is jagged
so I think it is an Epyaxa species.
A is acute
B is scalloped
C is jagged
so I think it is an Epyaxa species.
jb2602
wrote:
28 Sep 2019
For line A is the angle measured exactly where it meets at the costa or the general direction of the first section of the line? For subidaria the general direction seems to be towards the Inner Margin in sodaliata the Outer Margin.
GlennCocking
wrote:
20 Mar 2020
I think the trick is to look for a significantly acute angle compared to a perpendicular or very slightly acute angle. Some E. sodaliata specimens, like this one, have a very slightly acute angle. I've tried to summarise general differences between the two species in some comments just added to the two species pages.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152036-35.259237
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Sep 2019 09:52 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Epyaxa sodaliata Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Species information
- Epyaxa sodaliata Scientific name
- Sodaliata Moth, Clover Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1336.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Eucymatoge peplodes
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