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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

@chriselidie : Hope you can rear it to a moth for an ID.

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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

Argyrocosma argosticta ?

Maxates calaina

chriselidie wrote:

12 Feb 2025

Thanks donhe, that's interesting. It does have a different spot pattern, just thought it was an individual variation. I took it in yesterday and will see how it develops.

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donhe wrote:

12 Feb 2025

I think the other Thalaina species have a dark marking under the forewing, unlike this specimen.

Thalaina selenaea

donhe wrote:

12 Feb 2025

@chriselidie : I think H. diffundens caterpillar has red dashes along the sides. Yours certainly looks like a Geometrinae, but I do not know one with the lateral eyespot on the first abdominal segment. It would be great if you could rear it to discover its species.

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