Abantiades (genus)

1 A Swift or Ghost moth at Brindabella, ACT

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Abantiades (genus)2 21 Feb 2021 donhe
Abantiades (genus)2 21 Feb 2021 ibaird
Abantiades labyrinthicus 21 Feb 2021 ibaird
Unverified 21 Feb 2021 Christine

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A Ghost moth?? Was on the door/window of my car. When it flew off (not willingly) it looked like a microbat :)

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   21 Feb 2021
I remember hearing about this one yesterday.
ibaird wrote:
   21 Feb 2021
A female Abantiades sp, (genus) I think, The antennae a small and thin and the wing markings faint and abbreviated ansd moth is large in size - but this family is notorious for variations in colour and wing patterns within species. I have initially suggested A. labryinthicus considering likelihood and the Abantiades genus known distributions ( see Simonsen T.J 1918 CSIRO) , but A. magnficus is also a possibility. see also:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/3192f93e-bb60-46c3-99e7-aebf0b43b718
GlennCocking wrote:
   21 Feb 2021
A third species that has similar females is Abantiades latipennis. Males were seen in numbers at 1200m in the ranges further west earlier in the week. And also female Abantiades atripalpis inn April/May

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