Parergophela melirrhoa
1 Chezela Group at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
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| Parergophela melirrhoa | GlennCocking | 27 Nov 2019 | |
| Oecophoridae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Feb 2019 | |
| Unverified | JohnBundock | 29 Oct 2018 |
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6 comments
12 Jan 2019
I keep going back to Telocharacta and Microbela (Philobota group) for 3877878, 3872337 and 3869672 but cannot find specimens with the dark collar that each of these three has.
12 Jan 2019
Perhaps Snellenia flavipennis?
I have only seen Felder & Rogenhofer's drawing of this, which shows no labial palps.
Are the palps of S, flavipennis actually as big as in say Snellenia lineata?
I have only seen Felder & Rogenhofer's drawing of this, which shows no labial palps.
Are the palps of S, flavipennis actually as big as in say Snellenia lineata?
12 Jan 2019
Wendy Moore identified a moth with a dark collar as Microbela epicona, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/phil/epicona.html
Is this an error?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/phil/epicona.html
Is this an error?
14 Jan 2019
When making the previous comment I was thinking only about plain yellow moths with dark terminal cilia like this record and the other two. Microbela epicona has other dark marks, including a dark collar. (I haven't seen Snellenia flavipennis.)
26 Jun 2019
The long palpi suggest Telocharacta rather than Microbela, and it seems some specimens have the dark collar. But still might be something else.
27 Nov 2019
Parergophila melirrhoa has the collar, as well as the other features that suggested Telocharacta. (I believe the dark streaks towards the apex are shadows under the veins, sot the forewing is uniformly yellow except for the dark termen.)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.114360-35.560928
- Altitude 686.4m
- Maps Gigerline Nature Reserve
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2018 10:39 AM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parergophela melirrhoa Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Parergophela melirrhoa Scientific name
- Chezela Group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1027.87m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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