Ectropis fractaria

Ringed Bark Moth at Conder, ACT

Ectropis fractaria at Conder, ACT - 12 Oct 2017
Ectropis fractaria at Conder, ACT - 12 Oct 2017
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Identification history

Ectropis fractaria 30 Aug 2020 donhe
Ectropis fractaria 30 Aug 2020 GlennCocking
Psilosticha mactaria 7 Aug 2018 GlennCocking
Thallogama sp 1 Nov 2017 GlennCocking
Unidentified 16 Oct 2017 michaelb

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Size - wingspan 30-35mm, attracted to light...... Conder, ACT

6 comments

ibaird wrote:
   18 Oct 2017
I'm inclined to think this is Psilosticha absorpta based on the similarity with the two specimens identified as such on CNM based on the gentleness of the curved line in the forewing and the relative location of the black tick marks on the leading edge of the forewiing, however the black markings overall seem to be heavier and less well-defined than those examples.
michaelb wrote:
   18 Oct 2017
The much darker colouration made me think I had a different species.
GlennCocking wrote:
   2 Nov 2017
Yes, the wavy lines are quite as for P. absorpta. The forwewing pattern matches an unnamed Thallogama genus species that has been recorded only on Black Mountain, plus one sawpit Creek specimen.
ibaird wrote:
   2 Nov 2017
Good one, very interesting. Moths of Victoria, Part 7 has supplementary pdf image for a dark grey female 'Thallogama sp.1' (Genoa Peak, far east Vic.) which , when I look at it now, looks very similar to this moth i.e. the same heavier, less finer markings than. P. absorpta.
GlennCocking wrote:
   8 Aug 2018
I'm still not certain, esp when you compare this photo with Michael's other photo of Psilosticha mactaria, but I no longer believe it is a Thallogama sp.
GlennCocking wrote:
   30 Aug 2020
It is more likely to be Ectropis fractaria. It has the "eyespot" in the centre of the hindwing that is characteristic of E. fractaria rather than Psilosticha and the other Ectropis.

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  • 12 Oct 2017 01:10 AM Recorded on
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