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Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)

Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)

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Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)

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ConBoekel wrote:
14 Jun 2025
Done
Elhamma australasiae
ibaird wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Con, can you correct this yourself, directly?
Elhamma australasiae
kasiaaus wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Thanks for the explanation Ian.
Oxycanus australis
ibaird wrote:
11 Jun 2025
In the Moths of Victoria Visual Key for Oxycanus (Part 6) the images of the female antennae for O. australis and O. dirempta are shown right alongside each other. In both species the rami are very short, However I think this is O. australis because the segements are shorter, more triangualr in shape and the rami themselves are longer, like sawteeth. In O. dirempta the segments are longer, tubular with only very short rami.
Also. yoor image is so sharp it also shows long, extremely fine hairs which I have not seen mentioned anywhere.
Oxycanus australis
ibaird wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Clearly two different individual moths. Can they be posted separatelly?
Oxycanus (genus)

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