Stibaroma undescribed species

A Line-moth at Wyanbene, NSW

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Stibaroma undescribed species ibaird 25 Apr 2021
Stibaroma undescribed species donhe 25 Apr 2021
Stibaroma melanotoxa ibaird 24 Apr 2021

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Attracted to UV Lepiled LED light at night.

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   25 Apr 2021
basal and medial lines do not touch?
   25 Apr 2021
Reading Glenn's notes I didn't think this speciemen matched Stibaroma undescribed species very well (i.e ...'the undescribed species.the three black transverse lines on the forewing are generally stronger and the outer one has a more acute and deeper outward angle.') OK, this is apparently a male, so I take your point that this is probably not S. melanotoxa because the basal and medial lines do not touch. I note that Moths of Victoria recognise two other un-nameed species Stibaroma sp.(1) and Stbaroma sp.(2). Of those two options I now think this specimen better matches Stibaroma sp.(1) (i.e shape of basal and outer line with a sharp point) although the median line is not very prominent in this example (MoV do show such sp.(1) male, on page 2/3, which matches well). Therefore I'm suggesting the new category: 'Stibaroma undescribed species MOV sp.(1).'
   25 Apr 2021
How about we put this and the 'undescribed' into just Stibaroma (undetermined species) for now. I think it is not in our remit to get involved in new taxonomy. Got to leave some topics for future PhD students to work on.
   25 Apr 2021
I am not suggesting new taxonomy, just an interim working category similar to what we have done for the various Proteuxoa spp. whixh apparently match suggested Moths of Victoria groupings.
   27 Apr 2021
I think the common moth that CNM has been calling Stibaroma undescribed species and MoV Stibaroma sp1 are the same species. I've updated the notes on the species pages.

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  • 16 Apr 2021 10:11 PM Recorded on
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