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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dom F" data-source="post: 3357590" data-attributes="member: 73343">Part IIICalyptra minuticornis (Calpinae) p the Calyptra moths are sometimes known as Vampire moths as members of this genus have been seen to pierce the skin of species such as buffalo and zebu to suck their blood, and I believe that in an experiment one pierced human skin as well! Luckily here they are a fruit eater!Hypena EF2[BOLD] (Hypeninae) - a new species to me and another of the many "known unknowns" here in Australia.Hypocala spp (Calpinae) - I am reasonably confident that this is a Hypocala species, it is very similar to two very similar undescribed species on BOLD, one from Myanmar and the second from Thailand. Both these species are this colour and have the small white dots near the trailing edge of the forewing that this shows. This has been retained for future setting.Pheraspis mesotypa (Notodontidae) - a scarce species in the garden, and one that usually seems to land at the top of the wall so I was pleased to be able to get some decent photos of this specimenSyntypistis spp (Notodontidae) - I think that this is a species of Syntypistis, the closest match that I can find on BOLD is Sy. comatus which is present in New Guinea. Unfortunately I did not retain this one so it is one of many that will not be positively ID'd</blockquote>