I suggest S. perlata (Cream Wave). The ALA shows records for Victoria and NSW, but not the ACT. However, Moths of Victoria (Vol. 3) says S. perlata occurs in 'urban areas' and the ACT, where '...alpine species' show a pinkish colouration, however, to my eye, a pinklish colour is not very evident in this specimen.
I'll go for Scopula optivata, or nearby unnamed sp. It seems identical to a specimen that I have here from Black Mountain. I believe perlata has a more distinct bend in the hindwing termen than optivata, and the photos show a hindwing more like optivata. The series of pictures here demonstrate the difficulty of interpreting base colours in a photo - each photo has a different background, and the moths come out as cream, brown or grey (roughly speaking)
OK, I wondered about the hindwing, being rounded without a slight apex in the termen which many labelled online as S.perlata seem to have. Is that what you mean? Sometimes when I look it does look slightly pink though! I'm happy to defer to your judgement on this.I didn't consider S. optivata, but I'll have a look now if I can find one online.
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