With Spring well under way, moths coming in from the garden are still low in numbers, which is a concern. Hopefully the reason is the consistently low temperatures we have been experiencing. The first moth to the sheet on this night was a surprise, a female Genduara acedesta. The larvae of this species feed on Cherry Ballart and mistletoe, the latter must have been the host plant in this location.
Painted Clear-winged Snout Moth.
Despite the low numbers a reasonable selection came in, two cup moths,
Pseudanapaea transvestita,
And a nice Doratifera pinguis.
Two Dysbatus species arived, MOV sp (1) which is usual for the site, and this individual that corresponds with illustrations of Dysbatus singularis, a species shown in MOV 5 as occurring in the northwest and northeast of the state but not in Gippsland.
A number of common Noctuids came in including two Rhapsa suscitatalis.
Two small Geometrids, a Red-spotted Delicate, Epicyme rubropunctaria.
And a Filata Moth, Chloroclystis filata.
Hypobapta diffundens, a regular visitor to the light.
As is the variable Spilosoma curvata.
An Oecophorid to conclude, Euchaetis rhizobola.
