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Caberini

Casbia tanaoctena

Description:

About 20mm wingspan. One distinctive tan 'M' marking on each forewing within wavelike patterns.

Habitat:

Under lights in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Interesting wings marks - must be my own moth. Not 100% with this ID
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Ennominae
tribe: Caberini
Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Gallery http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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3 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

A delicate-looking beauty!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks Stephen. Yep that's on my search list. I'll get into it later.

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

Scopula?

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 10, 2014
Submitted on Jan 24, 2014

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