Opodiphthera eucalypti at Ainslie, ACT

Opodiphthera eucalypti

Emperor Gum Moth at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

	Opodiphthera eucalypti	1 Mar 2020	ibaird
	Opodiphthera eucalypti	1 Mar 2020	jbromilow50

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Author's notes

Alarmed and resting stance of a male Emperor Gum Moth, wingspan 12 cm.

4 comments

donhe wrote:

1 Mar 2020

Do you think we should change the names to Austrocaligula eucalypti, etc ?

jbromilow50 wrote:

1 Mar 2020

They should be added as synonyms at least.

ibaird wrote:

2 Mar 2020

I understand our policy now is (Glenn C. and I discussed this recently) to use the nomenclature which is current on the Australian Faunal Directory generally without synonyms, unless a synonym is in common use., So yes, I'll add the Austrocaligula eucalypti synonym and for O. helena.

jbromilow50 wrote:

2 Mar 2020

Thanks Ian, that will be useful, JB

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