Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera)

A cosmet moth at Melba, ACT

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Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) 13 Dec 2020 GlennCocking
Cosmopterigidae (family) 11 Dec 2020 donhe
Trachydora capnopa 10 Dec 2020 ibaird
Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) 10 Dec 2020 kasiaaus

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3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   10 Dec 2020
An image by Matt Campbell on the ALA looks very similar to this specimen.
donhe wrote:
   11 Dec 2020
The BOLD image Leptozestis ANIC55
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=372873
and the ALA Leptozestis image by Peter Marriott at
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7ec6212a-58da-4f70-ae6c-2d4329e8ba4b#gallery
also look like this one.
GlennCocking wrote:
   13 Dec 2020
There are a number of other options, eg sp. ANIC 36, 37, and all point to the same conclusion of Leptozestis sp.

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