Epidesmia (genus)

Epidesmia moth at Sheldon, QLD

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Epidesmia (genus) donhe 9 Oct 2023
Epidesmia (genus) ibaird 8 Oct 2023
Epidesmia tryxaria ibaird 8 Oct 2023
Epidesmia reservata ibaird 8 Oct 2023
Unverified PJH123 8 Oct 2023

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Epidesmia sp most likely Epidesmia tryxaria (Guenée, 1857)

7 comments

   8 Oct 2023
I'm suggesting E. reservata becaise of the distinctive 3 dot (offset) pattern towards the base of the forewing.
   8 Oct 2023
Ian, Possibly not diagnostic, sighting 4501518 a confirmed tryxaria, though a poor-quality image, clearly shows the same arrangement of spots on the forewing
   8 Oct 2023
Sighting 4501518 shows dark palps which I undersatnd is diagnostic.
   8 Oct 2023
Yes, but the arrangement of the spots is probably not. Of those I have collected I have never recorded reservata here at Sheldon. I know it is local, a friend has it from Beaudesert and Springbrook.
   8 Oct 2023
OK,, but i reckon this looks a lot like E. reservata which on iNaturalist seems to be recorded regularly in the Brisbane aria.
   9 Oct 2023
Not sure iNats has it correct. The one from Newstead has dark palps as does the one near Narangba both research grade.
   9 Oct 2023
Safer to say just Epidesmia genus?

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