Pyralidae (family)

A Pyralid Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Pyralidae (family) at Ainslie, ACT - 5 Jan 2021 09:10 PM
Pyralidae (family) at Ainslie, ACT - 5 Jan 2021 09:10 PM
Pyralidae (family) at Ainslie, ACT - 5 Jan 2021 09:10 PM
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Pyralidae (family) 1 Feb 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Pyralidae (family) 6 Jan 2021 ibaird
Lamoria pachylepidella 6 Jan 2021 jb2602

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Pyralid? Galleriinae? Looks like Lamoria pachylepidella

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   6 Jan 2021
Or Mampaya rhodoneura?
donhe wrote:
   7 Jan 2021
Can we rule out a Schoenobiinae? Maybe Pyraloidea?
GlennCocking wrote:
   18 Jan 2021
It might be a Syntonarcha iriastis female. Some are very plain, although they usually have some vestige of the male pattern, and set specimens are darker than this. I don't think it's Scoenobiinae.

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