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Sighting 4258219

Paralaea ochrosoma

Fuscous Crest-moth at Ainslie, ACT

Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
Paralaea ochrosoma at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Apr 2020 09:15 PM
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Paralaea ochrosoma 26 May 2020 donhe
Paralaea ochrosoma 25 May 2020 jb2602
Paralaea ochrosoma 30 Apr 2020 jb2602

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8 comments

jb2602 wrote:
   30 Apr 2020
Uniform grey, no striations, no chestnut colouration (that I can see), end margin serrated, discal spot. See MOV 5-28-7 and associated CD.
GlennCocking wrote:
   30 Apr 2020
I agree, but the system isn't offering Add Species at the moment. I was looking at your 4256297 earlier and suspected P. ochrosoma but it wasn't obvious enough to suggest changing P. porphyrinaria. Both these species and some other similar ones have brown on the veins if looked at from the right angle, but they are most prominent in P. porphyrinaria that also has an overall purplish hue.
jb2602 wrote:
   25 May 2020
Ennominae; Nacophorini; Paralaea ochrosoma (Fuscous Crest-moth)
jb2602 wrote:
   25 May 2020
Is there any chance of getting Paralaea ochrosoma added to Insects / Moths / Geometer at the moment?
donhe wrote:
   26 May 2020
How does this specimen differ from Paralaea atralba and Paralaea sarcodes? The big difference between Paralaea ochrosoma and the other Paralaea is the yellow abdomen, which cannot be checked in this photograph. I think the best we can do is say that it is Paralaea sp.
jb2602 wrote:
   26 May 2020
Wing end margin projections less on P. sarcodes.
donhe wrote:
   26 May 2020
Could you see the antennae: male or female?
jb2602 wrote:
   26 May 2020
I have added an enlargement of the lateral view of the head which shows a filament antenna going underwing - hence female

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