#geometridae — Public Fediverse posts

Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria). If you have a moment to enlarge the image, check out the reduced 3rd proleg on the left-hand side of the loop, toward the bottom. Most lineages of the Geometridae have lost this A5 proleg completely, so this is very useful for identification. Fast-moving, arboreal caterpillars tend to have reduced numbers of prolegs. The standard in Lepidoptera is 5 pairs. #caterpillar #geometridae #inchworm #moth #lepidoptera #insects #nature #prolegs #evolution #nature

Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria). If you have a moment to enlarge the image, check out the reduced 3rd proleg on the left-hand side of the loop, toward the bottom. Most lineages of the Geometridae have lost this A5 proleg completely, so this is very useful for identification. Fast-moving, arboreal caterpillars tend to have reduced numbers of prolegs. The standard in Lepidoptera is 5 pairs. #caterpillar #geometridae #inchworm #moth #lepidoptera #insects #nature #prolegs #evolution #nature

Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria). If you have a moment to enlarge the image, check out the reduced 3rd proleg on the left-hand side of the loop, toward the bottom. Most lineages of the Geometridae have lost this A5 proleg completely, so this is very useful for identification. Fast-moving, arboreal caterpillars tend to have reduced numbers of prolegs. The standard in Lepidoptera is 5 pairs. #caterpillar #geometridae #inchworm #moth #lepidoptera #insects #nature #prolegs #evolution #nature

Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria). If you have a moment to enlarge the image, check out the reduced 3rd proleg on the left-hand side of the loop, toward the bottom. Most lineages of the Geometridae have lost this A5 proleg completely, so this is very useful for identification. Fast-moving, arboreal caterpillars tend to have reduced numbers of prolegs. The standard in Lepidoptera is 5 pairs. #caterpillar #geometridae #inchworm #moth #lepidoptera #insects #nature #prolegs #evolution #nature

Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759) aka the Brindled Beauty.

Chiasmia clathrata (Linnaeus, 1758) aka the Latticed Heath.

Hypena sp.

All published under #CC0 on my Flickr page https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC7d4J

#Lepidoptera #Geometridae #Erebidae #Pentax #Macro #Moth #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

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Some of the #moths in these shots:

Gastrinodes bitaeniaria (#Geometridae in frames 2-4)

Scopula rubraria (smaller Geometridae in 2)

Idaea philocosma (smaller Geometridae in 3)

Leucania diatrecta (#Noctuidae at top of 2)

Proteuxoa sp. (probably paragypsa) (Noctuidae at top left of 4)

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/418322-Gastrinodes-bitaeniaria

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/244344-Scopula-rubraria

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/342329-Idaea-philocosma

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/447199-Proteuxoa-paragypsa

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/471505-Leucania-diatrecta

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The most obvious #moth in the four frames from last night was Gastrophora henricaria (#Geometridae) in frame 4. It's not showing its wonderful hindwings in that shot, but here it is from earlier in the night, with a large #ClickBeetle (#Elateridae) that kept hiding under its wings and an #ichneumon #wasp.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/486559-Gastrophora-henricaria

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Still very quiet here. Frame 4 includes two of the commonest local #Geometridae

The larger greyish species is Phelotis cognata (Ennominae).

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/321369-Phelotis-cognata

The smaller yellowish species is Scopula rubraria (Sterrhinae).

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/244344-Scopula-rubraria

To the top left of the frame is one of the commoner local #PlumeMoth species Sinpunctiptilia emissalis.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/311353-Sinpunctiptilia-emissalis

An updated checklist of geometrid #moths (~14% of all moths) was published last year as the Online #Taxonomic Facility of #Geometridae

https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/introduction

The data are now also in #ChecklistBank and will replace the current outdated #LepIndex list in #CatalogueOfLife, @gbif, etc.

I've also edited #Notodontidae in the @TaxonWorks Global Lepidoptera Index dataset at least to match Schintlmeister's 2013 catalogue (now handling later works):

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/about

#Lepidoptera #entomology

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Some Australian #Epipaschiinae have bulges in the forewing costa, along with messy scale tufts in the same area, but I'd expect scales to dampen any potential auditory effects. I always took it that structures like these are for spreading pheromones.

See also the forewings of these pug moths (#Geometridae #Eupitheciini):

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/602535-Sigilliclystis-insigillata

#entomology #SoMuchToLearn

Black-veined Moth, Siona lineata Canon 7400D EF 100 f/16 1/80 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic #MothsMotter #moths #geometridae #gemotrid #inchworm #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Black-veined Moth, Siona lineata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic May 25, 2012 #Geometridae #Geometrid #inchworm #mothsMatter #Moths #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro

I hit the character limit but image 2 includes even more.

Among other things:

Two #Noctuidae right next to each other. One (nearly black) is a member of the diverse #Proteuxoa / #Thoracolopha group (I suspect the latter genus but I don't recognise it) and the other is the common green-blotched moth #Cosmodes elegans

The #Geometridae with the black stripe along the length of the wings is #Scioglyptis chionomera

Below the hawkmoth is a gum-leaf skeletoniser #Uraba lugens (#Nolidae)

I hit the character limit but image 2 includes even more.

Among other things:

Two #Noctuidae right next to each other. One (nearly black) is a member of the diverse #Proteuxoa / #Thoracolopha group (I suspect the latter genus but I don't recognise it) and the other is the common green-blotched moth #Cosmodes elegans

The #Geometridae with the black stripe along the length of the wings is #Scioglyptis chionomera

Below the hawkmoth is a gum-leaf skeletoniser #Uraba lugens (#Nolidae)

Two shots from #AutomatedMothTrap, Canberra ACT, 2022-12-12 02:57, 03:41

Image 1 includes:

First #stonefly (#Plecoptera) I've noticed on the sheet

#HawkMoth #Hippotion scrofa

#PlumeMoth #Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Pink-winged #Geometridae #Arhodia lasiocamparia

Tiny striped #GrassMoth #Scoparia spelaea

#Derbidae #Planthopper #Saccharodite chrysonoe

Other #Lepidoptera (Geometridae, #Oecophoridae, #Crambidae #Pyralidae), #Trichoptera, #Neuroptera, #Diptera and #Hemiptera

#entomology