Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Geometer moths (Geometridae)
Sighting 4353807

Parosteodes fictiliaria

Dodonaea Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
Parosteodes fictiliaria at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 08:29 PM
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Identification history

Parosteodes fictiliaria 29 Oct 2020 donhe
Parosteodes fictiliaria 29 Oct 2020 ibaird
Dissomorphia australiaria 28 Oct 2020 jb2602

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ibaird wrote:
   28 Oct 2020
Not sure this is Dissomorpha given the very smoothly curved hindwing margins and differeing markings.
jb2602 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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