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AlisonMilton wrote:
7 min ago
@Aira This is a concealer moth
Unverified Leafhopper or planthopper (Hemiptera, several families)
entom2 wrote:
53 min ago
Hi Michael, understand perfectly! Melobasis thoracica, if that is what this is, has a wide distribution in the SE of Oz (a single record in the Atlas of Living Australia - ALA - of its purported occurrence at 'King George Sound', i.e. Albany, in southern WA, is extremely dubious as to such provenance and will require confirmation), so it very likely occurs near to wherever you live, in case you get a chance to go look. Especially look for it on the foliage of Acacia spp., (around Sydney it favours Acacia fimbriata but it might favour a different Acacia sp. in your area). Here is a link to the species on Dr Peter Lang's absolutely brilliant web page for this species: https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Melobasis_thoracica
Buprestidae sp. (family)
entom2 wrote:
54 min ago
Most likely Melobasis propinqua. If possible, next time try to also get pics looking from straight above. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm
Melobasis propinqua
ibaird wrote:
1 hr ago
See Julie Morgan's comments nelow:
Anthela acuta (Common Anthelid)
They suggest this sighting may be A. acuta after all.
Anthela acuta (Common Anthelid)
Anthela deficiens
chriselidie wrote:
2 hrs ago
This turned out to be Ectropis excursaria - see adult moth sighting 4701269.
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

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