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Piletocera macroperalis	Yesterday	ibaird
Metasia dicealis	23 Nov 2019	jb2602
Metasia (genus)	23 Nov 2019	jb2602

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Looks a lot like Metasia liophaea

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jb2602 wrote:

24 Nov 2019

More like Metasia dicealis except that hind wing is grey.

ibaird wrote:

24 Nov 2019

Not M dicealis I think not least because it lacks the fine dots along the outer edge of the forewing margin that species has. I think the shape of the costa is wrong for Metasia too. I'm looking elsewhere.

jb2602 wrote:

24 Nov 2019

Thanks Ian, I'm a bit lost on where to go next.

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

markings are good match for Nacoleia oncophragma but it lacks the antennae of that genus. Wings maybe too rounded
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=328679
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=635638&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Piletocera macroperalis?

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

shame about the BOLD specimens ! There is some funniness about the antennae on quite a few of them on iNat e.g.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/260184902
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1030108

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jb2602 NatureMapr South Coast Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

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12mm to 25mm Animal size

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