Telocharacta metachroa

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	jb2602

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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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Location information

Coordinates 149.152048 -35.259187
Places Ainslie, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
12 Jan 2020 11:24 PM Recorded on
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Telocharacta metachroa Scientific name
A concealer moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1302.52m Recorded at altitude
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