Glyphipterix (genus)

A sedge moth at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

Glyphipterix meteora	18 Dec 2019	GlennCocking
Stagmatophora argyrostrepta	16 Dec 2019	donhe
Glyphipterix (genus)	15 Dec 2019	ibaird
Unidentified	15 Dec 2019	michaelb

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In Gigerline Nature Reserve, near Tharwa Sandwash.

9 comments

michaelb wrote:

15 Dec 2019

This is for the moth with the narrow white stripes. The other one was reported previously.

donhe wrote:

16 Dec 2019

It would be helpful if you cropped the photo to show only one moth.

michaelb wrote:

16 Dec 2019

Have another look..

donhe wrote:

17 Dec 2019

Thanks.

ibaird wrote:

17 Dec 2019

I'm not sure this is S. argyrostrepta. I can't see white tipped antennae and the white vertical stripes seem much narrower and one less in number than for that species.

donhe wrote:

17 Dec 2019

Quite true. Those features may be sex linked, or may not. Better have a look at the other 387 Australian named Cosmopterigids.

GlennCocking wrote:

19 Dec 2019

The palpi are another way of distinguishing Stagmatophora - long, thin, plain black and recurved - from glyphiteryx - heavily scaled, upright, banded black and white.

donhe wrote:

19 Dec 2019

The white stripes on this specimen seem rather narrow for G. meterora.
None of the ALA or BOLD specimens have them this narrow along the hind-margin..

GlennCocking wrote:

21 Dec 2019

Yes, I haven't seen a confirmed G. meteora specimen with such narrow white bands. The photo doesn't show what's along the costa well enough, but what you can see is consistent with a G. meteora with generally reduced white/silver areas

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