Epidesmia chilonaria

Golden-winged Epidesmia at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

	Epidesmia chilonaria	27 Oct 2020	GlennCocking
	Epidesmia chilonaria	21 Oct 2020	StephH

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User's notes

This moth, which I followed through the forest, had beautiful bronze patches on its hindwings, not visible in these photos. About 40 mm wingtip to wingtip. A guess at species.

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GlennCocking wrote:

27 Oct 2020

Definitely Epidesmia, and chilonaria is the one with the orange/bronze hindwings.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.849450 -36.730585
Places Black Range, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Oct 2020 02:17 PM Recorded on
StephH Recorded by
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) StephH South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Epidesmia chilonaria Scientific name
Golden-winged Epidesmia Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1211.5m Recorded at altitude
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