Epyaxa sodaliata

Sodaliata Moth, Clover Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Epyaxa sodaliata at Ainslie, ACT - 15 Sep 2019
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Epyaxa sodaliata 20 Mar 2020 GlennCocking
Epyaxa sodaliata 19 Mar 2020 ibaird
Epyaxa subidaria 16 Sep 2019 ibaird
Epyaxa subidaria 16 Sep 2019 jb2602

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Looks like the female of a pair of Epyaxa subidaria

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jb2602 wrote:
   26 Sep 2019
This looks more like Epyaxa sodaliata as line A is perpendicular to the costa rather than acute (I think).
jb2602 wrote:
   26 Sep 2019
See MOV 3-27-24 and sodaliata2.pdf in MOV cd.
donhe wrote:
   27 Sep 2019
referring to MOV sodaliata3.pdf, I think
A is acute
B is scalloped
C is jagged
so I think it is an Epyaxa species.
jb2602 wrote:
   28 Sep 2019
For line A is the angle measured exactly where it meets at the costa or the general direction of the first section of the line? For subidaria the general direction seems to be towards the Inner Margin in sodaliata the Outer Margin.
GlennCocking wrote:
   20 Mar 2020
I think the trick is to look for a significantly acute angle compared to a perpendicular or very slightly acute angle. Some E. sodaliata specimens, like this one, have a very slightly acute angle. I've tried to summarise general differences between the two species in some comments just added to the two species pages.

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