Taxeotis (genus)

Unidentified Taxeotis geometer moths at Fadden, ACT

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Identification history

Taxeotis (genus)	22 Aug 2020	donhe
Taxeotis (genus)	21 Aug 2020	GlennCocking
Scopula (genus)	10 Jul 2020	YumiCallaway

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Photo #2 is an edited (i.e. reduced brightness) version of #3 - hopefully it improves the visibility of the pattern on the wings.

4 comments

donhe wrote:

10 Jul 2020

I think the deeply serrated submarginal dark line visible in photo#2, the straight forewing costa, and the recurved forewing margin, are unlike most Scopula.

YumiCallaway wrote:

10 Jul 2020

Ok thank you! I took a complete guess based off looking through photos of other sightings since I haven't tried much moth ID before - what about Casbia sp?

donhe wrote:

10 Jul 2020

Looking at
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=boarmia&taxon=boarmia,
I do not see any with a recurved forewing margin such as your specimen has.
I think identifying it's species will be non-trivial.

GlennCocking wrote:

21 Aug 2020

I think it's one of the Taxeotis

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