Lasiosticha opimella

A Pyralid moth at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

Lasiosticha opimella	8 Feb 2020	GlennCocking
Assara holophragma	8 Feb 2020	donhe
Lasiosticha opimella	7 Feb 2020	Thommo17

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ibaird wrote:

8 Feb 2020

Most specimens of this species I can see online have distinct banded markings across the forewings which this specimen seems to lack - although a specimen of this species posted by Nick Lambert on the ALA looks similar to this one. See:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:dd74056e-1220-4429-88e5-bd839fb863bd#gallery

donhe wrote:

8 Feb 2020

Did it fly away.....did you see the colour of the hindwings?

GlennCocking wrote:

8 Feb 2020

I was present the night that Ken took this photo. The orange hindwinged Lasiosticha opimella and canilinea were both present on the lightsheet. When Ken showed me this photo, I was at first uncertain, but as Ian notes some specimens don't show the more typical banded markings, and I think the angle of the photo might have built on that. Structurally the photo matches L. opimella.

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1 - 3 Abundance
11 Dec 2017 11:05 PM Recorded on
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Thommo17

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12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Lasiosticha opimella Scientific name
A Pyralid moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
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