Crossophora semiota (A Concealer moth) at Ainslie, ACT

A Concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT

Crossophora semiota at Ainslie, ACT - 8 Nov 2018

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Identification history

Crossophora semiota	17 Nov 2018	donhe
Crossophora semiota	17 Nov 2018	ibaird
Unidentified	16 Nov 2018	jbromilow50

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Author's notes

About 5 mm, looks a bit like Eupselia aristonica

3 comments

ibaird wrote:

16 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.

jbromilow50 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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