Unplaced squamulata

Scaled Carpet at Gungahlin, ACT

Unplaced squamulata at Gungahlin, ACT - 27 Mar 2018
Unplaced squamulata at Gungahlin, ACT - 27 Mar 2018
Unplaced squamulata at Gungahlin, ACT - 27 Mar 2018
Unplaced squamulata at Gungahlin, ACT - 27 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Unplaced squamulata 5 May 2018 ibaird
Unplaced squamulata 5 May 2018 donhe
Chrysolarentia severata 3 Apr 2018 donhe
Unidentified 29 Mar 2018 CathB

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I assume this is a moth, although it was holding its wings like a butterfly. The only time it opened them was when it walked across the camera screen, and they looked a fairly plain dark grey. Camera strap in image 4 is 1 cm wide.

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donhe wrote:
   6 May 2018
I distorted photo 3393838-4 to allow for the oblique view,
and isolated the forewing, and compared that with the pictures in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/lare-wings.html
It was a bad match to the forewing of Chrysolarentia severata
and a good match to Chrysolarentia squamulata.

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