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Cosmodes elegans
About 14mm long and with it's wings held tented it very much resembled a Plusinae (looper moth). The green is a bit flattened by the flash. This one slowly flattened it's wings to give a good, but abnormal, dorsal view in pic 3
Resting on a car at a local used car yard under strong night lights.
An interesting by-story - I had just seen someone else's unidentified record of these posted and thought I must ID it and hope to find one one day. The ID was easy and quick and 30 minutes later while walking the dog there it was on a car - the only wildlife within 100 metres. Definitely Carma. One common name is 'Green Blotched Moth' (how imaginative) Family: Noctuidae Genus: Cosmodes http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cosmodes+e... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Spotted on Dec 7, 2013
Submitted on Dec 8, 2013
2 Comments
Yep I agree Jacob. It was one of those finds that makes you laugh a bit first like you can't believe your eyes. :-( It sure was smaller than I expected though (as is often the case with arthropods) .
One of the most beautiful moths I've ever seen! I LOVE that shade of green. Edward Donavan was sure right when he called it "elegans!"