Trachydora sp. nr pygaea

A Gelechioid moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Trachydora sp. nr pygaea	7 Dec 2022	donhe
Trachydora sp. nr pygaea	7 Dec 2022	ibaird
Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera)	7 Dec 2022	donhe
Trachydora pygaea	6 Dec 2022	ibaird

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Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).

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ibaird wrote:

6 Dec 2022

While T. pygaea appears both on LBH:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cosm/pygaea.html
and the ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac43a6b4-2206-43ca-8d61-dbd644cb1219
similar looking moths also appera as leptozestis (genus) species on the ALA eg. by Rebecca Stroud:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/c0bd1de5-39e7-417b-8fef-b44b32dc7358

donhe wrote:

7 Dec 2022

Bold has 66 unnamed Australian species in Leptozestis. I think this is one of those or yet another.

ibaird wrote:

7 Dec 2022

Following further discussion on this matter with Glann Cocking today we agreed to create the category 'Trachydora sp. nr pygaea' to cover this and potential further sightings. See also the more detailed discusion and responses for. CNM Sighting No. 4416743.

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