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	Oxycanus antipoda	Yesterday	ibaird
	Unidentified	25 May 2023	michaelb

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Barney's Hill

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donhe wrote:

26 May 2023

Interesting pattern. @ibaird is this a common for this species.?

michaelb wrote:

Yesterday

None of the other specimens of Oxycanus silvanus have such a pattern.

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Fair comment, however In many cases the wing pattern cannot be relied on alone to distinguish Oxycanus species. O. sylvanus and O. antipoda are difficult to distinguish. We usually rely on the antennae to distinguish them (using Moths of Victoria's useful visual key as i did in this case) with O. antipoda having slightly longer peçtinations in the male antennae, particularly towards the base, than O. sylvanus. On second thoughts, looking at Moths in the ACT, I think I may have plumped for the wrong option, so I'll throw it open again for Don's consideration.

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1 Abundance
25 May 2023 08:12 PM Recorded on
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25mm to 50mm Animal size
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