Diario del proyecto Moths of New South Wales and the A.C.T., Australia

Taxonomic issues involving moth entries in iNaturalist arise periodically and often an informative discussion ensues regarding a resolution. I have found a need to reference these discussions only to have some difficulty locating them. And these are the conversations with which I participated. The purpose for this directory is to provide a handy guide to those discussions.

It is a work in progress with links added as I come across relevant material. Readers are encouraged to add appropriate links in the comments.

Arctiidae

Ardices / Spilosoma
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21736163

Lobobasis niveimaculata / Heterotropa fastosa
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28934506

Oeonistis delia vs altica in Australia [9 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25534197

Cosmopteriginae

Anatrachynitis vs Pyroderces
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8969903

Crambidae

Cnaphalocrocis var sp.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21128614
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57013890
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56590895

Nausinoe perspectata ... ref. for synonymy of pueritia.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106145360

Palpita sp. especially vitrealis/unionalis/ in Australia [7 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69038211

Pygospila sp. bivittalis vs tyres [10 Feb 2012]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47239207

Erebidae

Ataboruza over Nechisia or Zagira
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10798750

Bastilla joviana ssp. curvisecta
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42555537

Eublemma ... versicolor vs latistriga (synonymy) and raising perversicolor [11 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43864983

Goniocraspedon mistura (Swinhoe, 1891); Erebidae; Hypeninae
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35230717

"Hypena masuralis" = obacerralis with notes on Rynchina
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81480058#activity_comment_32cd8b72-d69b-41e3-b5ed-1391968bd72a

Miltochrista over Cyme (formerly Lyclene)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/67014

Rusicada over Anomis (combinans)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10164240

Sommeria over Digama
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73158563#activity_comment_126dcff9-4cfe-4479-b20f-8d1bd0d9fed7

Tathorhychus fallax over T. exsiccata [Aug 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89848575#activity_comment_6269f19b-d595-4e49-9626-153c3883e254

Thermesia cariosa / Oruza / Hemeroblemma
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20310275

Geometridae

Eucymatoge peplodes and the question of synonymy with Epyaxa sodaliata.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11151819

The placement of Mesoptila (Eupithecia) melanolopha
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9329134

Disposition of "Boarmia"
'Hypomecis" phloeopa
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11384913

"Hypomecis" externaria
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37676910

Hypomecis agoraea vs Selidosema agoraea [11 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50667515

Hypomecis / Boarmia and the placement of Dyscheralcis crimnodes
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12723244

Comibaena partita / Uliocnemis partita / Protuliocnemis partita
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24754553

Azelina over Pero or Metrocampa ... for "unplaced" biplaga in ALA
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20752720
AND
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10422530

Xanthorhoe xerodes [July 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4763926#activity_comment_f883b16a-8e9e-494b-b6bc-02e31222e592

Noctuidae

Craniophora/Fascionycta/Cycloprora/Turnerinycta
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19510576

Euplexia polycmeta = unplaced genus / iNat placement
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20306810
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96844893#activity_comment_d914c7eb-e35c-40cb-b65a-02e1ad0d8fdf

Nolidae

Westermannia gloriosa ... synonyms?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20138079

Nola interspersa / Halone interspersa? [11 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37442204

Nola bifascialis [25 Sep 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/messages/1571489

Nola interspersa vs Halone interspersa [ 2 April 2022 ]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15970754

Plotheia (formerly Iscadia / Gadirtha / Ochrothripa) [16 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18401946

Notodontidae

Taxon Swap: Kamalia over Cerura
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_swaps/78372

Plutellidae

Complex Plutella xylostella-australiana
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807746/

Tortricidae

Bathrotoma vs Spilonota
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32636420
and commentary on ID separation from Crocidosema
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32818353

Xyloryctidae

Xylomimetes ... species separation? [19 Feb 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64813753