Orange-hooded Crest-moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Fisera eribola | 14 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Fisera eribola | 14 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Mnesampela comarcha | 14 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Mnesampela lenaea | 14 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Mnesampela privata | 13 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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9 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
13 Feb 2021
I'n not sure this is Mnesampela privata. The feel of the moth is different somehow. (I know it sounds silly). The colour of the hindwings is different. It was a large moth, quite worn.
donhe
wrote:
13 Feb 2021
Hard to go past the sinuous forewing margin and the two forewing speckled bands.
kasiaaus
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
How about the colour of the hindwings? In Mnesampela privata they are orange ang here they are white with a wide darker edge.
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
Good point. Moths of Victoria makes this clear. M. comarcha, I think better fits your observarion.
donhe
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
Looking at the BOLD specimens at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53668
and
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53667
yes : the actual colour of the hindwing of M. privata always seems yellowish. Mnesampela comarcha, M. lenaea and M. kunama seem to have hindwings nearer the white shading to brown of this specimen,. M. kunama has no obvious forewing bands, and M. comarcha has a less obvious hindwing marginal band, so I reckon you have M. lenaea.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53668
and
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53667
yes : the actual colour of the hindwing of M. privata always seems yellowish. Mnesampela comarcha, M. lenaea and M. kunama seem to have hindwings nearer the white shading to brown of this specimen,. M. kunama has no obvious forewing bands, and M. comarcha has a less obvious hindwing marginal band, so I reckon you have M. lenaea.
ibaird
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
Very brown overal collouring, not grey. Hindwing not plain grey, not sharp-pointed, but with marginal darker colouring. I'm suggestiing an M. comarcha female,
kasiaaus
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
That fits much better. I am, however, a bit puzzled by the orange veins on the forewings of my specimen. I can't see that on any of the ones you suggest.
kasiaaus
wrote:
14 Feb 2021
How about Fisera eribola? Observation https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/b273555b-ab4a-4a10-b500-c139cade665e even has the orange veins.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050185-35.208613
- Altitude 585.1m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2021 12:54 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Fisera eribola Scientific name
- Orange-hooded Crest-moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804.9m Recorded at altitude
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