Clothes moths (Tineidae) at Jerrabomberra, ACT
Identification history
| Leptosaces pytinaea | 12 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Gelechiidae (family) | 21 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Tineidae (family) | 14 Dec 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Tineidae (family) | 11 Jan 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unverified | 18 Oct 2018 | Christine |
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User's notes
Hiding in the bark of a tree.
10 comments
donhe
wrote:
19 Oct 2018
Most Themas, including T. macroscia, have a dark streak along the forewing hind margin, which this specimen does not show.
ibaird
wrote:
19 Oct 2018
OK, the hindwing margin in the second image is obscured and perhaps also in the first image also? Also, on second thoughts the markings on the thorax differ from T. macrosia, although what we can see suggests Thema., I think. However, perhaps it would be better to conclude the image is inconclusive?
GlennCocking
wrote:
11 Jan 2019
I'm suggesting this on the assumption that a "woolly" head typical of Tineidae is visible.
donhe
wrote:
12 Jan 2019
There do not appear to be many stripy Tineidae. How about Mimoscopa ochetaula, see
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/34960
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/34960
GlennCocking
wrote:
14 Jan 2019
Erechthias niphadopla and symmacha come closer, but still don't match. And I might be right off track in even interpreting the photo as being of a Tineidae. The way the moth is hanging from its front legs might be a clue. Whatever it is, I'm betting its an interesting moth.
ibaird
wrote:
12 Oct 2025
If it's Leptosaces pytinaea its a very dark, well marked one compared to the examples I see online.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156797-35.377831
- Maps Jerrabomberra Grassland
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 14 Oct 2018 02:20 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Christine NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Tineidae (family)
Species information
- Tineidae (family) Scientific name
- Clothes moths (Tineidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 692.37m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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