Loweria platydesma

Broken-banded Cape-moth at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Amelora mesocapna	1 Jun 2021	ibaird
Loweria platydesma	17 Mar 2021	ibaird
Unidentified	17 Mar 2021	kasiaaus

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4 comments

ibaird wrote:

17 Mar 2021

I think this looks more like Loweria platydesma than Androchela milvana yet the latter has a more southern and eastern distribution than the former for which there appaer to be no records east of western NSW online incljding on Bold Systems 4 unless there is another similar species.

donhe wrote:

17 Mar 2021

Androchela milvaria ? This photo looks quite like that of Cathy Powers at
https://images.ala.org.au/image/viewer?imageId=67771998-e03e-4d86-a851-2cf61ce5fb6e

ibaird wrote:

17 Mar 2021

I think Cathy's image looks like other A. milvaria images I see online, but this moth seems to have a much more irregular boundary on the hindmost edge of the black forewing patch which seems to correspond more closely with L. platydesma. After allthe Australian Capital Territory is located on the western side of the Great Dividing Range and falls within the Murray Darling catchment!

ibaird wrote:

1 Jun 2021

See Glenn's comment on sighting No. 4375824 .

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Location information

Coordinates 148.908355 -35.460005
Altitude 780.0m
Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
12 Mar 2021 09:53 PM Recorded on
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Loweria platydesma Scientific name
Broken-banded Cape-moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
780m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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