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ibaird wrote:

25 Apr 2025

I understood that 'acronyctoides' was the Australian subspecies of the cosmopolitatan species A. leucosmalis.
Yes, the carerpillar does match the photo on p.163 of McQhillan et al (2019).

Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides

WendyEM wrote:

25 Apr 2025

I am not sure about the sub species ?
ref.
Caterpillars, Moths and their Plants of southern Australia
by Peter McQuillan, Jan Forrest, David Keane & Roger Grund
Publ. Butterfly Conservation South Australia 2019 p. 163 Fig. 1

Aedia leucomelas acronyctoides

WendyEM wrote:

17 Mar 2025

OK Thanks for sorting that out for me.

Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta

HarveyPerkins wrote:

17 Mar 2025

You've got two species covered in these photos. The 2nd and 3rd pics are of a male Aurora Bluetail - you'll need to separate them out.

Xanthagrion erythroneurum

Jek wrote:

17 Mar 2025

It is definitely one individual. The colour balance was affected photographing against the different backgrounds.