Unplaced trigramma

An Erebid moth (Catocalini, formerly Boletobiinae at Depot Beach, NSW

Unplaced trigramma at Depot Beach, NSW - suppressed
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Unplaced trigramma 6 Apr 2025 WendyEM
Unplaced trigramma 6 Apr 2025 donhe
Raparna1 trigramma 6 Apr 2025 WendyEM
Unverified 25 Feb 2025 Pirom

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6 comments

donhe wrote:
   25 Feb 2025
Aiteta sp. ?
ibaird wrote:
   26 Feb 2025
A real challenge to ID! Aiteta (genus) is apparently close, but the wing shape (almost straight line forewing hind margin) does not seem to match.
WendyEM wrote:
   6 Apr 2025
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=709646
ibaird wrote:
   6 Apr 2025
Rapana trigramma on Bold Syustems 4:
https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=72252
WendyEM wrote:
   6 Apr 2025
I tried to look at it on ALA for its status without much success it said the name was unranked. I don't know what that meant and it threw me to a general Catocalini page
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1c1032a2-10f0-4744-85b4-e71d3659795c#classification
I am unclear what name to use. Do we add Rapana in a bracket to the above?
ibaird wrote:
   6 Apr 2025
I generally infer that when the AFD describes a species as 'Unplaced X';, provides an entry and gives a history for 'Unplaced X' or calls it a 'Synonym of Y', as in this case we shoulddescribe it as Unplaced X on NatureMapr. A while back we decided not to enter synomyms for moths (as recognised by the AFD) to avoid confusion
The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) describes it as 'Species Unplaced trigramma (Turner, 1906)' and says Rapana trigramma as a synonym.

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