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Garrha sp.
A pale cryptic moth with frilled edges on its wings and showing a tip of the white underwings.
Found on a tree trunk in a nature reserve
Spotted on Aug 31, 2014
Submitted on Sep 2, 2014
6 Comments
Wow.... !? That looks nothing like it other than overall shape.
Euchaetis sp. possibly E. iozona
According to Peter Marriott.
That would be correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euchaetis_i...
The best fit for mine is Garrha demotica although maybe not a perfect fit. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
An interesting observation possibly... every Vic record for garrha sp. on ALA is between Dec and Mar.
Also this one from a week ago has a nail through it's head too http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/677...
Yes it does. With 40 species in that genus, I might list it by genus only.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Garrha#tab...
Looks very much like one of the Garrha genus.