Microbela allocoma
A concealer moth at Conder, ACT
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| Microbela allocoma | GlennCocking | 1 Dec 2019 | |
| Unverified | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Oct 2018 | |
| Olbonoma species | donhe | 2 Oct 2018 | |
| Oecophoridae (family) | GlennCocking | 25 Aug 2018 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 16 Jun 2018 |
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Size - length 6mm..... Conder, ACT
5 comments
2 Dec 2019
Note the short sickle shaped labial palpi visible in photo 2, the wings held tentwise over the body, and the long cilia on the termen, suggesting Microbela. There is no tornal dark mark, eliminating M. epicona. Although most M. allocoma do not have a dark collar across the thorax, a small proportion do, and this seems to be one.
2 Dec 2019
I notice M. allocoma is quite variable in appearance judging by the specimens I can see on Bold Systems 4.
Location information
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Microbela allocoma Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Microbela allocoma Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.5m Recorded at altitude
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