Moths of Central and East Gippsland
March to June are the flight months for this species, and true to form this nice specimen was found on the door mat last night, click to enlarge. The larvae feed on acacia roots, and a search under the Snowy River wattle next morning found the pupa case.
A good fall amounting to 43mm, and time to fire up the lamp to see if the rain moths had reacted. Sure enough, one soon came in, a nice male Abantiades atripalpis.
It was however the only one in a relatively short session, with the only other moths braving the rain being a few Noctuids, mainly Proteuxoa tortisigna which were quite numerous.
