Crambidae sp. (family)

A crambid snout mouth at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Crambidae sp. (family)	3 May 2020	GlennCocking
Crambidae sp. (family)	3 May 2020	GlennCocking
Uresiphita ornithopteralis	28 Nov 2019	donhe
Achyra nigrirenalis	17 Nov 2019	donhe
Unidentified	16 Nov 2019	Jubeyjubes

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4 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

29 Nov 2019

I agree it's a Pyralidae or Crambidae, but ANIC Achyra nigrirenalis specimens are all from WA, light brown and a different pattern.

donhe wrote:

29 Nov 2019

Barcoding has a specimen of Achyra nigrirenalis from ACT in
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=71748

which is why I suggested it.
Whatever it is, it looks like a melanic form, and I am having trouble discerning much pattern.

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Dec 2019

Yes, the Centre for Biodiverstity Genomics people caught some Achyra in the ACT and apparently concluded from their barcodes that they are A. nigrirenalis. It could be that ANIC's interpretation of that species is too narrow. I can see some specimens under A. affinitalis that look rather like the A. nigrirenalis specimens. But I still don't see any Achyra specimens that seem to match this photo.

GlennCocking wrote:

3 May 2020

I don't think the palpi are quite right, and the fw transverse lines aren't at the right angles, for U. ornithopteralis.

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