Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
Sighting 4362058

Oecophoridae provisional species 5

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Oecophoridae provisional species 5 at suppressed - 18 Nov 2020
Oecophoridae provisional species 5 at suppressed - 18 Nov 2020
Oecophoridae provisional species 5 at suppressed - 18 Nov 2020
Oecophoridae provisional species 5 at suppressed - 18 Nov 2020
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Identification history

Oecophoridae provisional species 5 3 Jun 2022 GlennCocking
Oecophoridae (family) 5 Jan 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 15 Dec 2020 kasiaaus

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9 comments

ibaird wrote:
   16 Dec 2020
Stathmopodinae sub-family? Have not yet been able to find a match.
GlennCocking wrote:
   16 Dec 2020
It's too short and wide for Stathmopodinae, rather an Oecophorinae
donhe wrote:
   5 Jan 2021
But the antennae are so long. Cosmopterigidae ?
GlennCocking wrote:
   5 Jan 2021
It's very distinctive (eg those stathmopodid-like palpi)and we have a number of records. I'm pretty sure I've seen it before and we'll finally get it.
ibaird wrote:
   5 Jan 2021
Couldn't find a match on iNaturalist in Oecophoridae.
kasiaaus wrote:
   6 Jan 2021
I think it is the same moth as sighting 4365152 but I'm not sure that helps :-)
donhe wrote:
   6 Jan 2021
It looks quite like Stathmopoda sp. ANIC1 on
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=525453
although their single specimen is from Queensland.
GlennCocking wrote:
   6 Jan 2021
Who can see the labial palpi from side on in either of Katerina's records? I'm now thinking they are forward pointing rather than upcurved towards the top of the head, meaning stathmop and oecophorid were off track. Tineids have the long antennae that Don pointed out, and Opogona spp have palpi that are held in the way that Katerina's dorsal photos show, andthey have smooth scaled heads.
donhe wrote:
   6 Jan 2021
It could be near to some of the B/W banded Monopis species in BOLD at http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=4256
but I do not see any B/W banded Opogona species at
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=102571

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