{"id":2187,"date":"2019-09-17T04:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T04:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2019-09-17T04:45:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T04:45:29","slug":"bark-moth-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2019\/09\/17\/bark-moth-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bark Moth Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three genera from the tribe Lithinini, (Azelina), (Gynopteryx) and Idiodes. The larval food for these three genera is Bracken Fern, Pteridium esculentum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Azelina)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Acute Point-moth, (Azelina) biplaga, males.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/az1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/az1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/az2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/az2b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Gynopteryx)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Gynopteryx) ada, male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/ada1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/ada1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/ada3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/ada3b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Idiodes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bracken Moth, Idiodes apicata. Both species shown here are quite variable in appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api2b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/api3b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Straight-winged Bracken Moth, Idiodes siculoides. This species can be identified by the cream strip between the antennae.<\/p>\n<p>Male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic2b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/geometrids2\/sic3b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click to enlarge.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To be continued.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>References and further reading, Moths of Victoria Volume 7.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three genera from the tribe Lithinini, (Azelina), (Gynopteryx) and Idiodes. The larval food for these three genera is Bracken Fern, Pteridium esculentum. (Azelina) The Acute Point-moth, (Azelina) biplaga, males. (Gynopteryx) (Gynopteryx) ada, male. Female. Idiodes. The Bracken Moth, Idiodes apicata. Both species shown here are quite variable in appearance. Male. Female. Female. The Straight-winged Bracken &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2019\/09\/17\/bark-moth-allies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bark Moth Allies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geometridae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}