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24 Dec 2024
No I think the wing patterning better fits maculata

Heteroconis maculata
kasiaaus wrote:
15 Dec 2024
Heteroconis ornata?

Heteroconis maculata
ibaird wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I'm not sure I would rule out T. metachroa. The notes provided for that species in our taxonomy say that species often appears pale in colour and 'the dull thoracic collar' may be 'indistinct'. The palps seem to match this sightiing:
See here:-
Telocharacta metachroa (A concealer moth)

Telocharacta metachroa
Pirom wrote:
6 Dec 2024
It was also notably larger than orites - which also occurs in that locality.

Telocharacta metachroa
ibaird wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I'm not sure this is O. orites because that moth appears more elongate, darker grey and usually holds its wings at rest in a vertical plane.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1548948-Orescoa-orites
Orescoa orites (A concealer moth)

Telocharacta metachroa
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