Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)


Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

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WendyEM wrote:
30 Jan 2026
Maybe it is Labdia sp. ANIC5 ?
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372815
Labdia argophracta, I realise now, has a longer white stripe along the inner margin.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
Sorry about delay with this. I wrote it before your comments but my internet went off-line due to heat, until late tonight.

Elachista flammula
Lkaila wrote:
30 Jan 2026
I agree, this is Labdia oxysema.

Elachista flammula
ibaird wrote:
30 Jan 2026
I see the first image showing the specimen side-on matching other side-on shots of E. flammua on iNaturalist, but not of L. argophracta. I do not think the examples on Bold Hobern are a close match to this specimen
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
I can see though that Labdia oxysema may be a likely candidate
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8fb405d8-b7bb-41be-9f77-c921fcdbd0b3#gallery

Elachista flammula
WendyEM wrote:
30 Jan 2026
@Lkaila could it be Labdia argophracta ? I think I have also recorded it in central Victoria

Elachista flammula
Lkaila wrote:
30 Jan 2026
Because of the shape and scaling of labial palpi, as well as by the traces of browninsh pattern. Possibly Scrobipalpa sp.

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