Bastilla hercodes

An Erebid moth (Poaphilini at Rubyvale, QLD

Bastilla hercodes at Rubyvale, QLD - 29 Oct 2009 09:16 PM
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Bastilla hercodes 15 May 2025 WendyEM
Bastilla hercodes 15 May 2025 ibaird
Unverified 13 May 2025 PJH123

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? Dichromodes sp. ?? Completely wrong, thanks to Wes Jenkison I believe it is Bastilla hercodes (Meyrick, 1902)

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ibaird wrote:
   13 May 2025
Looked exhaustively but have not found a matching Dichromodes species
donhe wrote:
   14 May 2025
Epipaschinae ?
WendyEM wrote:
   15 May 2025
I have looked hard too, incl. at noctuid/ereb groups with moths like this. Still no joy.
PJH123 wrote:
   15 May 2025
Wendy, on the right track, Bastilla hercodes (Meyrick, 1902)
ibaird wrote:
   15 May 2025
Well spotted, Erebidae after all.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICK140-10
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/4c190f22-4ad2-4b4f-866f-7e0d40d0a36d

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