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<\/a><\/p>\nThe first moth to the sheet was small, a member of the Tineidae, Moerarchis inconcisella.<\/p>\n
Larger moths were soon on the scene, the Common Gum Snout Moth, Entometer fervens, female, Lasiocampinae.<\/p>\n A Streaked Notodontid, Destolmia lineata, Notodontinae, was photographed on the sheet and also on a natural background.<\/p>\n Geometrids came to be well represented, the Pink Arhodia, Arhodia lasiocamparia, female, Oenochrominae.<\/p>\n Chlorocoma MOV Sp. (3), male, Geometrinae.<\/p>\n Also in the Geometrinae, a pristine female Tea-tree Emerald, Aelochroma metarhodata.<\/p>\n Cleora MOV Sp. (2), male, Boarmiinae.<\/p>\n Female.<\/p>\n An attractive Praxis marmarinopa, the Lepidoptera Barcode of Life has it in the Catocalinae sub-family of the Noctuidae.<\/p>\n Another fresh and strongly marked individual, a female Mistletoe Browntail Moth, Nygmia edwardsii, Lymantriidae. MOV 2 Second Edition notes “This moth is quite variable and probably represents a complex of species.”<\/p>\n Larvae of the Picture-winged Leaf Moth feed on foliage of plants in the Myrtacaea, including eucalypts, this adult is a particularly deeply coloured example. Aglaopus pyrrhata, Thyrididae.<\/p>\n Beautiful moths come in small sizes too, like this 14 mm Oecophorid which must for the moment remain anonymous.<\/p>\n All moths photographed on the night can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n References and further reading, Click images to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first warm night of a cool spring saw the light shining in the Glenmaggie bush block, when moths and a bewildering assortment of other insects responded. The first moth to the sheet was small, a member of the Tineidae, Moerarchis inconcisella. Larger moths were soon on the scene, the Common Gum Snout Moth, Entometer … Continue reading Night in the Box-Ironbark Bush.<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMoths of Victoria Vols. 1,2,4.
\nAustralian Moths.<\/a><\/p>\n