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Idiodes apicata

Bracken Moth at Melba, ACT

Idiodes apicata at Melba, ACT - 28 Dec 2020
Idiodes apicata at Melba, ACT - 28 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Idiodes apicata 29 Oct 2021 GlennCocking
Idiodes apicata 29 Oct 2021 donhe
Idiodes siculoides 28 Oct 2021 ibaird
Antictenia punctunculus 9 May 2021 donhe
Unidentified 8 May 2021 Bron

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2 comments

ibaird wrote:
   8 May 2021
Closest match I've seem so far is Noreia vinacea, a PNG and tropicsal Queensland species, which seems unlikely -but despite the difference in colour (N. vinacea is more orange brown looking) the forewing marking looks very similar. I do not see many features I would expect for A. punctunculus.
donhe wrote:
   29 Oct 2021
No white line joining the bases of the antennae.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Idiodes apicata Scientific name
  • Bracken Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 933.1m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Idiodes mitigata

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