A concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Microbela allocoma | 13 Jan 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Microbela allocoma | 13 Jan 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 13 Jan 2020 | donhe | ||
| Edosa ochracea | 12 Jan 2020 | jb2602 |
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4 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
13 Jan 2020
The palpi aren't as for Tineidae, and the head scales aren't "woolly" enough. I believe it's an Oecophoridae.
donhe
wrote:
13 Jan 2020
I agree, but cannot find any species plain pale yellow except for a dark collar.
GlennCocking
wrote:
13 Jan 2020
The short palpi suggest Microbela. There is a dark collar in some Microbela allocoma specimens.
ibaird
wrote:
13 Jan 2020
I agree its not Tineidae and is Oecophoridae. I have not seen many reliably identified Microbela, specimens, however there are at lease two images of set ANIC specimens of this species on Bold Systems 4 labelled from NSW which to my eye are plain yellow and appear to have black markings suggestive of a collar. They also show palpi which seem to be short as shown here.
Location information
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2020 10:56 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) jb2602
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Microbela allocoma Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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