A very warm autumn night saw the sheet covered with all sorts of insects, including a lot of small Geometrids in the Larentiinae subfamily. Of more interest though were one male and two female Boisduval’s Autumn Moths, Oenosandra boisduvalii (Oenosandridae)
Female.
Male.
One of the first moths to the sheet was a female Paraguda nasuta (Lasiocampidae)
Only two large moths came in, a Monoctenia smerintharia, featured recently, and this Convolvulus Hawk Moth, Agrius convolvuli (Sphingidae) It landed on the concrete and was transferred to the sheet for more pictures.
Noctuids were fewer than the previous session, but two were of particular interest.
Proteuxoa MOV sp. (6) (Acronictinae_Amphipyrinae)
And MOV (Leucania) obusta (Hadenini)
This moth, Meyriccia latro (Pyralidae) was a surprise arrival. Don Herbison-Evans’ site notes that they are usually associated with Grass Trees, where the larvae bore into the seed heads, and are a favourite meal of Cockatoos.
Cleora MOV sp. (1) (Boarmiinae)
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