Psilosticha absorpta

Fine-waved Bark Moth at Conder, ACT

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Identification history

	Psilosticha absorpta	18 Jun 2017	GlennCocking
	Psilosticha absorpta	15 Jun 2017	MichaelBedingfield

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Conder, ACT.

5 comments

KimPullen wrote:

27 Oct 2016

This may be P. absorpta.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

28 Oct 2016

Thanks Kim. This was ID'd by Ted Edwards some time ago as P. attacta, but looking at other internet images, your conclusion seems more correct. Shall I change the two sightings?

KimPullen wrote:

28 Oct 2016

Michael, I'd like to run it by Ted, and check the images against reliably identified specimens (e.g. in the ANIC) before confirming it as P. absorpta. I based my suggestion only on internet images.

GlennCocking wrote:

25 Jul 2017

Absorbta and attacta are very similar. The two groups in ANIC have slightly different hue (browner or greyer, but photos don't capture this well); the males of one have a more robust body than the other (body not visible in photos); and the two fw costal black spots seem more prominent in attacta. I think attacta is right for this and for 3355106. Specimen 3362954 looks more like another Didymoctena exsuperata (see comment on Psilosticha attacta 3362675)

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

25 Jul 2017

Hi Glenn
Are you going to change the ID?

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