Abantiades (genus)

A Swift or Ghost moth at Mount Clear, ACT

Abantiades (genus) at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Mar 2021
Abantiades (genus) at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Mar 2021
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Identification history

Abantiades (genus)2 9 Mar 2021 ibaird
Abantiades (genus)2 9 Mar 2021 GlennCocking
Abantiades magnificus 4 Mar 2021 donhe
Abantiades atripalpis 4 Mar 2021 SWishart

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Dead on the firetrail with ants starting to cover it

2 comments

donhe wrote:
   4 Mar 2021
I think that the position of the forewing longitudinal white flash, nearer the costa than to the hindmargin, and the black outlining of the flashes, look more like A. magnificus.
GlennCocking wrote:
   9 Mar 2021
Isn't it another of the female Abantiades that we can't really tell apart?

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 3 Mar 2021 02:14 PM Recorded on
  • SWishart Recorded by

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