Crossophora semiota
A Concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT
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| Crossophora semiota | donhe | 17 Nov 2018 | |
| Crossophora semiota | ibaird | 17 Nov 2018 | |
| Unverified | jb2602 | 16 Nov 2018 |
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User's notes
About 5 mm, looks a bit like Eupselia aristonica
3 comments
17 Nov 2018
I'm suggestong this might be Crossophora semiota, a concealer moth. However, it has more white in the rear second band than the samples of this species on thr ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f4f066fb-94d8-4894-bea9-2796e528ba57#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f4f066fb-94d8-4894-bea9-2796e528ba57#gallery
17 Nov 2018
Some of the ones on BOLD look really like it:
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=102459
esp 5th from left in 2nd row.
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=102459
esp 5th from left in 2nd row.
17 Nov 2018
Thank you Ian and Ron for your excellent sleuthing, the purple reflection under lights really made this small moth spectacular to look at, John
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152021-35.259197
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Nov 2018 08:09 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
Collections
- Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crossophora semiota
Species information
- Crossophora semiota Scientific name
- A Concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 601.7m Recorded at altitude
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