Psilogramma casuarinae

Privet Hawk Moth at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Psilogramma casuarinae	20 Feb 2019	ibaird
	Psilogramma casuarinae	26 Jan 2019	AlisonMilton

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4 comments

donhe wrote:

26 Jan 2019

That has the white dot in the forewing cell.

GlennCocking wrote:

5 Feb 2019

I believe this is more likely to be P. casuarinae, the common local species. Some of its specimens have the white dot. P. menephron is a northern species (but vagrants are possible)

ibaird wrote:

5 Feb 2019

OK, I notice according to BOLD Systems 4,P . menephron has an Asian and N. Queensland distribution, whereas P. causuarinae extends from eastern Victoria right to Cape York. I'm happy to go with P. casuarinae if the presence of the white spot is not definitive for P. menephron.

donhe wrote:

5 Feb 2019

I see that BOLD has one in the Bass Strait, and several along the north NSW coast. I think that Psilogramma species will have to do for this specimen.

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