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DougT wrote:

1 min ago

Hey @JimL , how big do you think this was? More or less than 1m? It is almost certainly Anguilla australis, but there's a remote chance it could be Anguilla dieffenbachii. The latter is endemic to New Zealand, but is known to migrate to pacific islands to breed, and given that Port Arthur is as close as Australia gets to New Zealand, I don't think we can rule it out.

Unverified Eels

ibaird wrote:

9 min ago

This sighting clearly shows the dark patch inside the apex of the forewing (Moths in the ACT p 197). On this basis I suggest C. filata.

Pasiphilodes testulata

ibaird wrote:

14 min ago

For notes identifying features separating Chloroclystis filata, and Chloroclystis pallidiplaga/Pasiiphodes testulata see pp. 196-7 of 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking et al (2022). ie.: "C. filata 'is very common and can be recognised by the dark patch inside the apex of the forewing, and in some specimens there is also a white patch extending inwards from near the inner margin (see arrows on photos p. 196). Chloroclystis pallidiplaga (or Pasidiphilodes [Chloroclystis] testulata, a very similar species) usually has two distinctive white patches on the forewing in different positions from the white patch that can occur on C, filata." (These different white patch positions are illustrated on pp. 196 and 197 for the two different species).
On this basis I suggest this sighting is C. filata not P. testulata.

Pasiphilodes testulata

WendyEM wrote:

29 min ago

Eulechria hymenaea
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=414668

Eulechria hymenaea

ibaird wrote:

35 min ago

Pasiphilodes testulata