Lecithocera terrigena at Melba, ACT

1 Melba, ACT

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Identification history

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