Agriophara platyscia

A Concealer moth at O'Connor, ACT

Agriophara platyscia at O'Connor, ACT - 13 Feb 2018
Agriophara platyscia at O'Connor, ACT - 13 Feb 2018
Agriophara platyscia at O'Connor, ACT - 13 Feb 2018
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Agriophara platyscia 26 Aug 2019 ibaird
Agriophara platyscia 16 Aug 2019 donhe
Agriophara cinerosa 29 Jul 2019 ibaird

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Attracted to UV light at night.

3 comments

GlennCocking wrote:
   17 Aug 2019
How about the larger A. platyscia which has a more emphatic dark mark along the centre of the forewing and is more common?
ibaird wrote:
   26 Aug 2019
OK, but I thought the pattern of black markings on this specimen better matched the examples labelled as such on the ALA. The three examples of A . platyscia on the ALA show less emphatic black markings than this example. Also the A. cinerosa examples on the ALA show a separate fine dark streak on the forewing running back from base of the firewing which this specimen also shows.
donhe wrote:
   26 Aug 2019
Agriophara platyscia differs from Agriophara cinerosa in having a narrow pale line along each forewing costa. I think I can see this on the third photo.

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