Aponotoreas dascia

Dascia Carpet (Larentiinae) at Booth, ACT

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Identification history

Aponotoreas dascia	12 Apr 2025	donhe
Aponotoreas dascia	11 Apr 2025	WendyEM
Aporoctena scierodes	5 Apr 2025	donhe
Unverified	5 Apr 2025	Christine

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5 comments

DianneClarke wrote:

11 Apr 2025

I don't think this is E. aphanes https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=141810

WendyEM wrote:

11 Apr 2025

the markings match Aponotoreas dascia although I've not found one looking quite as 'smudgy/smooth' as this one. Antenae fit male of that sp.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=713927&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=363792

ibaird wrote:

11 Apr 2025

Would have to a male, see the antennae.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/25597013
Doesn't look nearly as finely marked as most of the other examples on NatureMapr.

WendyEM wrote:

11 Apr 2025

yes that chap is pretty 'smudgy'

ibaird wrote:

12 Apr 2025

MoV (Part 3) has excellent notes for separating out Apootoreas spp, from each other and similar species. See also the supporting CD disc 'Annoying Grey Things'. It siggests that Xanthorhoe xanthospila 'Yellow Spooted Carpet' can be mistaken for A. dascia. I'm not sure that applies here , but see:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41337962

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
4 Apr 2025 12:30 PM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Christine NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Aponotoreas dascia Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

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25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Aponotoreas dascia Scientific name
Dascia Carpet (Larentiinae) Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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