Orthiastis hyperocha
A Concealer Moth (Wingia group) at Cotter River, ACT
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| Orthiastis hyperocha | donhe | 26 Aug 2019 | |
| Orthiastis hyperocha | ibaird | 25 Aug 2019 | |
| Oecophoridae (family) | donhe | 24 Aug 2019 | |
| Oecophoridae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Aug 2019 | |
| Unverified | JohnBundock | 7 Dec 2018 |
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3 comments
20 Jan 2019
Perhaps Epithymema incomposita is dimorphic, and the photos at
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=408670
are one sex, and this is the other.
http://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=408670
are one sex, and this is the other.
25 Aug 2019
Yes: the complete brown costal and sub-hind-margin streaks, and white thorax are a puzzle. So close to Epithymema incomposita and yet so far.
26 Aug 2019
There are 5 records of O. hyperocha on the ALA all from the southern ACT at altitude which seem to match the locality where this record came from.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.820917-35.535093
- Altitude 1232.3m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2018 12:34 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orthiastis hyperocha
Species information
- Orthiastis hyperocha Scientific name
- A Concealer Moth (Wingia group) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1232.3m to 1717.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Saropla hyperocha
Record quality
Quality score
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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