Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

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Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

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ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

iNaturalist's AI suggrsted Microclona limodes (A NZ species), but I note M, characta apparently occurs in Australia and NZ.
BOLD4 shows several Microcoloa (genus) species as occurring in Australia. all not named to species level:-
https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Microcolona&taxon=Microcolona
I have found no other phos from life online to comapare this sighting with,

Unverified Curved-horn moth (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

Ardozyga loxodesma
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=369429

Ardozyga loxodesma

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

Some identical ones here (not Research Grade)
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=173389

Batrachedra (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

23 May 2025

Scrobipalpa pyrranthes

Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes

ibaird wrote:

23 May 2025

The specimen does seem to have forewing pattern (such at is) which is a match to Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthesPS1, so should we subbest Scrobipalpa pyrranthes or Scrobipalpa (genus) as the ID?

Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes