Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
Sighting 3871658

Crossophora semiota

A Concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT

Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM
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Crossophora semiota 17 Nov 2018 donhe
Crossophora semiota 17 Nov 2018 ibaird
Unverified 16 Nov 2018 jb2602

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About 5 mm, looks a bit like Eupselia aristonica

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   17 Nov 2018
I'm suggestong this might be Crossophora semiota, a concealer moth. However, it has more white in the rear second band than the samples of this species on thr ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f4f066fb-94d8-4894-bea9-2796e528ba57#gallery
donhe wrote:
   17 Nov 2018
Some of the ones on BOLD look really like it:
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=102459
esp 5th from left in 2nd row.
jb2602 wrote:
   17 Nov 2018
Thank you Ian and Ron for your excellent sleuthing, the purple reflection under lights really made this small moth spectacular to look at, John

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