Taxeotis stereospila

Taxeotis stereospila at Booth, ACT

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Identification history

	Taxeotis stereospila	10 Dec 2017	GlennCocking
	Unidentified	8 Nov 2017	JohnBundock

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4 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

12 Nov 2017

The longer palpi, apparently thicker antennae (are they pectinate?) and fw costa suggest Nearcha rather than Taxeotis. It comes close to a male Nearcha curtaria, but the fw dot doesn't look quite right and the antennae aren't clear. Suggest Nearcha sp.

ibaird wrote:

12 Nov 2017

Glenn, I looked at Nearcha in Moths of Victoria , Vol 4 but thought that the apparent lack of the recurved forewing tip (I'm sure the there's probably a more precise term) in this specimen probably ruled Nearche sp. .particulalry N. curtaria, Angular Nearcha.out.

GlennCocking wrote:

13 Nov 2017

I thought I could see the "recurved" tip on the rhs fw. But it really comes down to what different people read into an image that doesn't tell enough about this point. Given this and the other points above (and also the yellowish base colour rather than grey), I'm reasonably confident it's a Nearcha rather than Taxeotis.

GlennCocking wrote:

10 Dec 2017

After seeing the more recent 3386802 which seems to be the same species as this one, although much less yellow, I think they are both more likely to be Taxeotis stereospila as first suggested for this record. T. stereospila has longer and light palpi compared to the black palpi of T. intextata, and not as long as Nearcha generally, and which seem to match these two photos. The line on the forewing also converges more on the costa at its outer end than Nearcha generally. I’m still a bit uncertain as the two photos have a much more yellow/brown base colour than the ANIC stereospila specimens, although that could be due either to a photographic effect or to fading in the dead specimens; a line through the long axis of the forewing spot intersects the costa at a shallower angle in these photos than in other identified stereospila; and there are no ANIC specimens from the S tablelands. A photo of the underside would be helpful.

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