Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Sighting 4362811

Lecithocera terrigena

1 Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT

Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 10:28 PM
Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 10:28 PM
Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 10:28 PM
Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 10:28 PM
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Identification history

Lecithocera terrigena 21 Dec 2020 donhe
Lecithocera terrigena 21 Dec 2020 GlennCocking
Lecithoceridae (family) 20 Dec 2020 donhe
Unverified 20 Dec 2020 kasiaaus

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4 comments

ibaird wrote:
   20 Dec 2020
A new species to CNM. A mainly sub-tropical and triopical family (Lecithoceridae).
donhe wrote:
   20 Dec 2020
How does one distinguish Lecithocera terrigena from Achoria inopina ?
ibaird wrote:
   20 Dec 2020
Suggestion: L. terrigena has robust, thick looking, yellow palps whereas A.inopina's palps are finer and darker coloured?
GlennCocking wrote:
   21 Dec 2020
I'm reasonably confident that this is Lecithocera terrigena, regularly recorded in the ACT, although there are two other groups present in the ACT that are similar in different ways and are thought to be unnamed species. Achoria inopa is a very small and delicate Lecithoceridae mainly from more northern coastal areas. See also 4362865.

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