Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT

Dodonaea Moth at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

Parosteodes fictiliaria	29 Oct 2020	donhe
Parosteodes fictiliaria	29 Oct 2020	ibaird
Dissomorphia australiaria	28 Oct 2020	jbromilow50

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Male

4 comments

ibaird wrote:

28 Oct 2020

Not sure this is Dissomorpha given the very smoothly curved hindwing margins and differeing markings.

jbromilow50 wrote:

28 Oct 2020

Note that the male is very different to the female

ibaird wrote:

28 Oct 2020

Yes, the species is strongly sexually dimorphic.. Even so, the male has a slight point to the hindwing which is present on specimens I see online and apparently absent in your specimen.

ibaird wrote:

29 Oct 2020

Its quite a quite variable species but i think this is a female Dodonaea Moth Parosteodes fictiliaria. Photos of the male D. australiaria show it does not have smoothly curved trailing edge to the hindwing- it has a soft point.

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