Macrobathra desmotoma

A Cosmet moth at Melba, ACT

Macrobathra desmotoma at Melba, ACT - 20 Jan 2021
Macrobathra desmotoma at Melba, ACT - 20 Jan 2021
Macrobathra desmotoma at Melba, ACT - 20 Jan 2021
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Identification history

Macrobathra desmotoma 3 Mar 2021 GlennCocking
Macrobathra aphristis 1 Feb 2021 donhe
Macrobathra aphristis 1 Feb 2021 ibaird
Macrobathra (genus) 1 Feb 2021 ibaird
Macrobathra heminephela 1 Feb 2021 donhe
Unidentified 1 Feb 2021 kasiaaus

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3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   1 Feb 2021
I think the second band is too wide for M. heminophela. Will look on Bold Systems 4.
ibaird wrote:
   1 Feb 2021
I suggest M. aphristis. See: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:da99a129-09d5-43fd-afe2-4502289a28ef
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query=%22Macrobathra%20aphristis%22[tax]
Several photos of ANIC records for the ACT shown on Bold Sytems 4.
GlennCocking wrote:
   3 Mar 2021
This is a battered specimen of the common M. desmotona. M. aphristis is probably a much less common and northern moth. There is a nest of issues raised in BOLD around M. aphristis, callispila, crocosema and desmotona that I haven't tried to get on top of, but if you look at the M. aphristis specimens in Ian's second link above, the ACT ones mostly (with one exception!) look like CNM's longstanding M. desmotona. (The first link shows iNAT's single M. aphristis specimen which also looks like another desmotoma. INAT has many M. desmotoma)

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Clania ignobilis (Faggot Case Moth) at Melba, ACT - 2 Feb 2022 by kasiaaus
Euphronarcha luxaria (Striated Bark Moth) at Melba, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by kasiaaus
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Galanga labeculata (Double-spotted cicada) at Melba, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by kasiaaus
Opogona stereodyta (Tineid moth) at Melba, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by kasiaaus
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