TAXON-SPECIFIC Literature online

The sun-moths of Western Australia (Western Australian Museum), http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAMRecords_2016_31(2)_90to162_WILLIAMSetal_1.pdf
DNA Analysis Finds New Diamondback Moth Species in Australia, https://entomologytoday.org/2013/08/30/dna-analysis-finds-new-diamondback-moth-species-in-australia/

Synemon plana — Golden Sun Moth, http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=25234

Australian Hepialidae, https://australianhepialidae.wordpress.com/

Phyllodes imperialis smithersi — Pink Underwing Moth, http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=86084

Revising the Nacophorini moths of southern Australia (Nov 2017, work on Thalaina sp.), https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/revising-the-nacapherini-moths-of-southern-australia/9139696

Macroglossinae Summary (LEP BARCODE: AUSTRALIA); http://lepbarcoding.org/australia/progress_reports.php?region=1&lvl=subfamily&type=Macroglossinae

Hepialidae (ghost moths) and other Exoporia of the world; http://johngrehan.net/index.php/hepialidae/

Hepialidae: Abantiades; http://johngrehan.net/index.php/hepialidae/abantiades
Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera , https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/150/2/343/2607402

Description of Crypsiphona tasmanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), with notes on limitations in using DNA barcodes for delimiting species, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1440-6055.2009.00695.x

Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions (2014), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4079597/

The Australian Arctiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae) with emphasis on Creatonotos gangis (Jun 2012, Peter Hendry); http://www.boic.org.au/files/The%20Australian%20Arctiid%20Moths.pdf

REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN PHYLLODES IMPERIALIS DRUCE (LEPIDOPTERA: EREBIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES FROM SUBTROPICAL (2012); https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP121773&dsid=DS5

OCT 2020
Citizen science reveals the Palaearctic poison hemlock moth Agonopterix alstroemeriana (Clerck) (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) has established in Australia
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00779962.2020.1820125

I would like to bring to everyone's attention the following discussion regarding the disposition
of Hypena masurialis records listed for Australia. There are 329 observations as of this
writing.

This dates from 8 months ago
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81480058#activity_comment_32cd8b72-d69b-41e3-b5ed-1391968bd72a

and furthermore, The Coffs Harbour Butterfly House website removed H. masurialis and lists H. obacerralis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hypn/obacerralis.html

To sum up, Roger Kendrick concludes H. masurialis does not occur in Australia.

It is likely that virtually all of the Australian material so assigned actually refers to Hypena obacerralis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480246-Hypena-obacerralis

Despite this, I see the persistent use of H. masurialis within iNaturalist and feel the need to bring
the matter to those closest to it by virtue of listing the species within their observations.

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If your eyes are already glazing over please skip to the end

WARNING muddying caveat ensues:

It is not clear whether H. obliquarlis occurs in Australia.

The Australian Faunal Directory maintains H. masurialis. But H. masurialis is a junior synonym of
H. obliqualis ... which IS listed in AFD under Rhynchina. See..
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhynchina_obliquarlis

Of R. obliquarlis, there is nothing in BOLD Systems.

However, this Coffs Harbour ref:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hypn/obliquarlis.html
depicts three different forms including an examople labeled
Hypena masurialis but may well refer to H. obacerralis.

END

Suggested course of action within iNaturalist.

1. Stop using H. masurialis as this is clearly inappropriate.

2. Use Hypena sp. if you think we need to approach the
H. obacerralis / Rhynchina (Hypena) obliquarlis conservatively.

3. Opt for H. obacerralis as a relevant placeholder until such time the
taxonomy / identification is further clarified.

4. Reconsider your past identifications of H. masurialis and substitute either (2) or (3).

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