Telocharacta metachroa at Ainslie, ACT

A concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

Telocharacta metachroa	22 Feb 2021	GlennCocking
Oecophoridae (family)	21 Aug 2020	GlennCocking
Oecophoridae (family)	21 Aug 2020	GlennCocking
Philobota (genus)	27 Jun 2020	jbromilow50

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2 comments

donhe wrote:

28 Jun 2020

Out of the hundreds of genera in Oecophoridae: why Philobota?

GlennCocking wrote:

28 Jun 2020

It's shape is consistent with Philobota genus, and some of the records we have allocated to Philobota genus don't have a much stronger basis. I'm wondering if it is Telocharacta metachroa (also Philobta group)- the grey terminal cilia are consistent with that, but it's hardly a certain identification.

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