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Chlenias (genus)

A looper moth at Aranda, ACT

Chlenias (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 4 Nov 2017
Chlenias (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 4 Nov 2017
Chlenias (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 4 Nov 2017
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Chlenias (genus) 21 Jan 2018 donhe
Chlenias (genus) 21 Jan 2018 MichaelBedingfield
Chlenias species 8 Jan 2018 donhe
Unidentified 8 Jan 2018 CathB

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donhe wrote:
   9 Jan 2018
This looks like Chlenias auctaria except the pattern on the head looks wrong, but I only have seen the larval heads of 4 out of BOLD's 26 Chlenias species, so it could be one of the other 22, or maybe the pattern depends on the instar, or is just simply variable.

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