Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Geometer moths (Geometridae)

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Steff wrote:

11 min ago

Hi @donhe
I'm not sure what kind of tree it fell from as it was on the windscreen of the car, but it's probably from the trees growing at the Tura Headland walking trail.
There is no chance of me rearing one of these as I saw this 6 years ago and I have no knowledge what it was let alone of how to rear it. I would not take an unknown creature from the wild.

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

SenexRugosus wrote:

8 hrs ago

Thanks for the ID!

Nearcha pseudophaes

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Looks quite worn, I'm more inclined to think Nearcha (genus). possibly N. pseudophaes
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/383e85dd-268e-4f8e-8d13-eba23231ffbe#gallery
The black palps and 'face' would appear to match your sighting. See here:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/133771464

Nearcha pseudophaes

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Hi Christine. Yes, this is an historic sighting, so you won.t be in a position to rear it. donhe was propbaly not aware it was not a contemporary sighting. We are reviewing some sightings and trying to introduce some precision and consistency as we do so,

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

Christine wrote:

Yesterday

Hi @donhe , there seems to be a difference in what you can see and what I can see for this sighting. Firstly it is from 2023 - so a bit difficult to rear it now! Secondly, it had been previously (two weeks ago) confirmed as Geometridae (family) IMMATURE, then suggested as that a few hours ago. Very weird.

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE