Black Geometrid at Flynn, ACT
Identification history
| Melanodes anthracitaria | 14 Dec 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Melanodes anthracitaria | 14 Dec 2017 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Dec 2017 | Christine |
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4 comments
donhe
wrote:
15 Dec 2017
Merlin Crossley obtained eggs from females of both the black and the banded forms, so the colour forms are not sexual dimorphism, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/anthracitaria.html
Curiously: their caterpillars are dimorphic also, and their colour forms appear unrelated to the adult colour forms.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/anthracitaria.html
Curiously: their caterpillars are dimorphic also, and their colour forms appear unrelated to the adult colour forms.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2017
OK, interesting. I stand corrected. I was going on Moths Victoria Part 5 which apparently labelled the two forms as male and female on their supporting disc describing the species.
ibaird
wrote:
15 Dec 2017
Don, Yes, there is no doubt re. the white-banded form. Common (1990) says at p. 367 in Moths of Australia: 'the adults usually lack the whitish band on the wiings'.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.041257-35.209713
- Places Flynn, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2012 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
Species information
- Melanodes anthracitaria Scientific name
- Black Geometrid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1635.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Praxis corvus
