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2 min ago
This must surely be one of the prime models mimicked by L. peraustrale. However, the notch in the inner margin of the eye and the fact that the pronotal collar reaches back to the wing base are the clues that show this is a wasp.

Lasioglossum (Australictus) peraustrale
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
There is a suspicion that Anestia ombrophanes (Meyrick, 1886) is the same species as Anestia semiochrea (Butler 1886) as Butler and Meyrick published nearly simultaneously, and probably had no idea what the other was publishing

Anestia semiochrea
PeterA wrote:
Yesterday
Lacks the yellow patch below the wing stub characteristic of Meroglossa, Anna. I can't see the face clearly, but a small yellow mark near the eyes would indicate A. nubilosellus.

Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps
ibaird wrote:
Yesterday
how do you distiguish A. semiochrea from A. ombrophanes?

Anestia semiochrea
ibaird wrote:
Yesterday
Yes, there are features present which do suggest H. moribunda.

Heliocheilus moribunda

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