Aglaopus centiginosa

Dark-fringed Leaf Moth at Ainslie, ACT

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Aglaopus centiginosa ibaird 11 Jan 2020
Aglaopus centiginosa donhe 10 Jan 2020
Aglaopus pyrrhata jb2602 9 Jan 2020

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10 comments

   10 Jan 2020
It appears the wavy line across the wings may be quite indisctinct in some specimens.
   10 Jan 2020
Yes, if you use your imagination I think that you can just make out a line!
   11 Jan 2020
Aglaopus centiginosa has also been recorded in the ACT. It has a darker and has a more angular termen in both wings, and the dark medial line varies from thick to absent in both. A. centiginosa is smaller on the average (max 25cm apex to apex), but the size ranges overlap, as do the background colours. It's tempting to think the outward bend in the termen of the fw in this photo matches A. centiginosa better, but it may be an artefact of the forewing not being held flat.
   11 Jan 2020
A second photo was uploaded to iNaturalist if that helps: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/37423555
   11 Jan 2020
It would have been good to have both photos to work on from the start. The second photo suggests A. centiginosa.
   11 Jan 2020
Glad to see that the second photo was useful in making a correct id, many thanks, John
   12 Jan 2020
Thanks John
For being the first to add this species to Canberra Nature Map. In case you are worrying or wondering it is absolutely fine to load images to both Canberra Nature Map and INaturalist - as the two platforms both feed the Atlas of Living Australia - which has a program for detecting and removing duplicates.
Cheers Michael Mulvaney
   4 Feb 2020
Hello John. Would you like to put the second photo up here on CNM? It illustrates the species better, and would maks the comments above more useful.
   4 Feb 2020
The second photo has now been uploaded onto CNM. They were taken at the same location but at different times and so it has been put in as a seperate sighting.
   4 Feb 2020
Also see a new sighting #4249315

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 30 Dec 2019 08:53 PM Recorded on
  • jb2602 Recorded by
  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

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