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KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Sun moth, genus Synemon in family Castniidae.

Unverified Butterfly (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Genus Calomela, in Chrysomelidae-Chrysomelinae.

Calomela (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Chafer beetle, Scarabaeidae-Melolonthinae

Melolonthinae (subfamily)

ibaird wrote:

4 May 2025

Looking closely at the black and white forewing pattern and taking into account the sighting location I suggest the species as Synemon leucospila.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143108716
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c188e141-68f6-47ad-8327-c9fe56075c0a

Synemon leocospila

WendyEM wrote:

3 May 2025

Clubbed antennae, coloured hindwings - Castniinae

Synemon leocospila