Amelora camptodes

Hooked Cape-moth at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Amelora camptodes	20 Mar 2021	donhe
Amelora camptodes	19 Mar 2021	ibaird
Unidentified	17 Mar 2021	kasiaaus

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donhe wrote:

19 Mar 2021

I think the shallow cusp in the forewing submarginal line is more like that of Androchela camptodes than the straighter line in Androchela newmannaria, cf
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/camptodes.html

ibaird wrote:

19 Mar 2021

OK, the AFD does not recognise the name Androchela camptodes, but does recognise Amelora camptodes. That would make this species the only 'Amelora' I can see which has a pointed margin on the trailing hindwing edge, which seems to be a characteristic of other Androchela genus species. Perhaps sightings 4375964 and 4375956 are an undescribed species in the genus Androchela rather than Amelora.

donhe wrote:

20 Mar 2021

Both A. comptodes and A. newmannaria are variously put in Amelora and Androchela by different authorities, and some others think they are synonyms. I think they differ superficially in the curvature of the forewing submedial line.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.908012 -35.459797
Altitude 785.9m
Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
12 Mar 2021 10:26 PM Recorded on
kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) kasiaaus

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25mm to 50mm Animal size

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Amelora camptodes Scientific name
Hooked Cape-moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
785.9m Recorded at altitude
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