Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
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ibaird
wrote:
8 Mar 2026
Hi blacksheep, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.
Elhamma australasiae
ibaird
wrote:
7 Mar 2026
In E. australasiae the females are larger than the males and plainer looking. I think this is probably a female.
Elhamma australasiae
ibaird
wrote:
6 Mar 2026
Not sure which named Fraus (genus) species would best fit.
Perhaps Fraus marginospina although that species seems to be a dry country species (eg. SA, western Victoria)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/522870-Fraus-marginispina
F. orientalis (Eastern Fraus) has a more eastern range better suiting where this record was made.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1072359-Fraus-orientalis
There is brown stripiing which would correspond roughly to F. orientalis.
Perhaps Fraus marginospina although that species seems to be a dry country species (eg. SA, western Victoria)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/522870-Fraus-marginispina
F. orientalis (Eastern Fraus) has a more eastern range better suiting where this record was made.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1072359-Fraus-orientalis
There is brown stripiing which would correspond roughly to F. orientalis.
Fraus (genus)
WendyEM
wrote:
3 Mar 2026
female
".......specimens can display spectacular red, pink or dark violet colour on the hindwings and the abdomen." Moths of Victoria Part 6 CD page 1/4
".......specimens can display spectacular red, pink or dark violet colour on the hindwings and the abdomen." Moths of Victoria Part 6 CD page 1/4
Elhamma australasiae
ibaird
wrote:
25 Feb 2026
Yes, good suggestion, several O. rufobrunnea specimens a similar dot pattern. The difficulty here is the angle of the shots and the expected underlying mottled pattern is not obvious.
Oncopera rufobrunnea
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