Cleora displicata

A Cleora Bark Moth at Sheldon, QLD

Cleora displicata at Sheldon, QLD - 23 Mar 2007
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Cleora displicata 16 Jul 2023 donhe
Cleora displicata 16 Jul 2023 ibaird
Unidentified 16 Jul 2023 PJH123

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Cleora goldfinchi ?

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ibaird wrote:
   16 Jul 2023
Identifying some Cleora spp I find is difficult. Moths of Victoria (Part 7) have outlined in detail their difficulty in assigning accepted species names to Cleora spp. see particularly their suporting disc for Cleora genus , files enttiltled 'Cleora'. 'Cleora(2)' and 'Cleora(3)'. Looking at their visual key I think this moth most corresponds with their 'Cleora (sp.2)' which they say roughly corresponds with C. displicata -also the most commonly assigned name here in Canberra. Features of similarility I identify (refer 'Cleora(2)" are: forewing line scalloped, discal spot oval; hindwing line scalloped, dip in centre, discal spot rounded. Also, the pale fringe at the junction between the thorax and abdomen for C. displicata seems to be present here. C. goldfinchi is defined as a distinctively smaller species, is usally distinctively (hence common name ;Fousr spotted Cleora) and corresponds with MoV's species called 'Çleora (sp.4)'.
PJH123 wrote:
   16 Jul 2023
Thanks for that Ian.

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