Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

From the Moths of Victoria visual Key to Geometrinae (Part 4, supporting disc.
No dorsal line on abdomen, Discal spot notr- dark green or black; Pale costa with red exremities, termen has no black spots.
Detail from (Prasinocyma) sp.1 page 2/2: face - green, palpi pink. Fillet - plae too white; antennae white/cream with white/red pectinations; collar- green with white line; costa -cream with ed at apex and shoulder; black or green discal spots on frewing and hinwing.

(Prasinocyma) sp. (1) (MoV, Part 4)

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

I think the black dot pattern along the costa and the markings on the head are consistent with P. absorpta.

Psilosticha absorpta

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Black line across the hindwings at either end turns sharply 'upward' before it reaches the hindwing margin.

Ectropis excursaria

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Black line across the hindwings at either end turns sharply 'upward' before it reaches the hindwing margin.