Lichenaula arisema

1 A Xyloryctine moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Lichenaula arisema	22 Jul 2019	GlennCocking
	Lichenaula arisema	4 Jul 2019	ibaird

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Attracted to Actinic UV light at night.

3 comments

GlennCocking wrote:

23 Jul 2019

I cannot tell the difference between L. arisema (including conjectured nearby undescribed species) and Telecrataes melanochrysa. BOLD doesn't help, as all 8 sampled specimens of T. melanochrysa did not achieve a barcode. ANIC has the whiter specimens under L. arisema, but all ACT specimens under T. melanochrysa. Suggest park under L. arisema until we know more.

ibaird wrote:

23 Jul 2019

Agreed, yes the species seem very similar - but I wonder whether the length of the antennae could be a guide. The antennae are quite long in this specimen.

GlennCocking wrote:

24 Jul 2019

I can't see any difference in the antennae between these species

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Location information

Coordinates 149.113280 -35.259570
Altitude 608.2m
Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
9 Dec 2018 09:57 PM Recorded on
ibaird Recorded by
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Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Lichenaula arisema Scientific name
A Xyloryctine moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1083m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Xylorycta arisema

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