Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Oenochroa and Artiastis (genera) | 2 May 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 21 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Blastobasis (genus) | 12 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 12 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 11 Mar 2021 | CathB |
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User's notes
On rushes beside water
3 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
21 Mar 2021
Looking closely at the palpi on the upper moth, they at first look quite thick like a male Blastobasis, but in fact only the more basal segment is thick and the upper segment is much thinner. That indicates Oecophoridae rather than Blastobasidae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074637-35.269383
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2021 07:48 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) CathB
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Oenochroa and Artiastis (genera) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2184.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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