Eupselia aristonica

A Twig Moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Eupselia aristonica	14 Nov 2018	GlennCocking
Eupselia aristonica	13 Nov 2018	donhe
Eupselia sp.(genus)	13 Nov 2018	ibaird

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Attracted to MV light at night.

4 comments

ibaird wrote:

14 Nov 2018

Hypertrophidae – a twig moth, I think, but no close match was easily found to a recognised species. The closest match I found was to an image labelled ‘Eupselia’ photographed by D. Hobern see:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b7c3055c-242d-4eff-8f52-e8bd3ad4c45f#gallery

donhe wrote:

14 Nov 2018

Looks like Donald's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/3026278653/in/set-72157607366771256/

ibaird wrote:

14 Nov 2018

OK, but I thought there was maybe too much white on the head of my specimen and it did not have such a smooth boundary between the main white and the black markings in the dorsal area as in E. aristonica.

donhe wrote:

15 Nov 2018

The 3rd from the left, top row, at
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=376721
shows a vague pale bar across the thorax like your specimen.
But E. metabola is variable enough to be a contender too:
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77362

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