Diatenes aglossoides
Diatenes aglossoides EREBINAE EREBIDAE
With a wing span around 40mm they are a fairly large moth.They are fairly common throughout Australia including the inland, but less so in the wetter southeast and southwest areas of the country
The larval food plants are Wattles (Acacia, MIMOSACEAE).
Family:- EREBIDAE
Sub Family:- EREBINAE
Genus:- Diatenes
Species:- aglossoides
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Uresiphita ornithopteralis PYRAUSTINAE CRAMBIDAE
Sometimes called the tree lucerne moth. It is found on the east coast of Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. It is also found in New Zealand. The larval food plants here are likely to be Fabaceae species and Hovea species.The wingspan is about 30 mm.
I have added a dark version and a lighter version because there is quite a bit of variation at times.
Family:- CRAMBIDAE
Sub Family:- PYRAUSTINAE
Genus:- Uresiphita
Species:- ornithopteralis
Darker version.
Light version.
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