{"id":3337,"date":"2021-09-24T03:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T03:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2021-09-24T03:24:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T03:24:16","slug":"spring-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2021\/09\/24\/spring-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Painted Clear-winged Snout Moth.<\/p>\n

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Despite the low numbers a reasonable selection came in, two cup moths,<\/p>\n

Pseudanapaea transvestita,<\/p>\n

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And a nice Doratifera pinguis.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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A number of common Noctuids came in including two Rhapsa suscitatalis.<\/p>\n

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Two small Geometrids, a Red-spotted Delicate, Epicyme rubropunctaria.<\/p>\n

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And a Filata Moth, Chloroclystis filata.<\/p>\n

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Hypobapta diffundens, a regular visitor to the light.<\/p>\n

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As is the variable Spilosoma curvata.<\/p>\n

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An Oecophorid to conclude, Euchaetis rhizobola.<\/p>\n

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