Erebidae (family)

Unidentified immature Erebid moth at Yarralumla, ACT

Erebidae (family) at Yarralumla, ACT - 6 Jan 2019
Erebidae (family) at Yarralumla, ACT - 6 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Erebidae (family) 5 Feb 2019 donhe
Erebidae (family) 3 Feb 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE 7 Jan 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 6 Jan 2019 Speedsta

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5 comments

donhe wrote:
   8 Jan 2019
The spacing between the prolegs and the claspers in this specimen is much greater than in most Geometridae., which generally sit on these 4 feet as a combined support. The body looks to me more like that of an Erebidae, but all the ones with reduced prolegs in that family, that I know of, still have 2 or 3 unatrophied pairs of prolegs.
   8 Jan 2019
My suggestion of Geometridae was made with the sole intention of bringing the sighting to the attention of the moths people and was a rough guess.
donhe wrote:
   9 Jan 2019
Thanks, but sadly most Lepidoptera taxonomy has been done on adult insects, so identifying a larva is fraught, unless it can be taken into captivity to protect it from predators, and reared to obtain the adult.
ibaird wrote:
   3 Feb 2019
OK michaelb, I deleted my comment after thinking again how to do it. You beat me to it!
   4 Feb 2019
Hi Ian
I saw the comment and decided to have a go, and afterward noticed the comment had disappeared !

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