Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Fuscicepsana undescribed species | 12 Apr 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Tortricinae (subfamily) | 11 Apr 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 8 Apr 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Fuscicepsana undescribed species | 2 Apr 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unverified | 31 Mar 2021 | SimoneC |
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User's notes
Couldn’t find a good match with any type of moth
10 comments
ibaird
wrote:
2 Apr 2021
The Fuscicepsana Group moths I see online all have dark banding which seems to be absent here.
GlennCocking
wrote:
2 Apr 2021
Yes, although this photo well matches ANIC specimens. I'll check the reason.
GlennCocking
wrote:
8 Apr 2021
It isn't F. fuscicepsana, but a nearby undescribed species that appears on BOLD as Conchylis sp.ANIC1
GlennCocking
wrote:
9 Apr 2021
Conchylis is an old invalid genus name that doesn't appear on AFD or the Checklist (except as a synonym of current names). Fuscicepsana is the correct genus.
SimoneC
wrote:
9 Apr 2021
It seems Conchylis is a synonym of Cochylis which is the valid name for the genus. However most of the Australian species that were in Conchylis seem to have moved to other genera, not always Fuscepsana. Searching ALA for Conchylis shows the list. My moth does seem to be an excellent match for the specimen on BOLD, that specimen is misnamed and should probably at be Cochylis, unless/until examination shows it to be a member of one of the other genera.
GlennCocking
wrote:
9 Apr 2021
Yes, many Torticinae were originally described in Conchylis and have since been moved to other genera (across several families). Since the species in this report hasn't been described, it doesn't formally belong to any genus, but it is placed alongside Fuscepsana fuscepsana at ANIC following studies of the Tortricinae. Conchylis isn't a valid name because it was synonymised with Cochylis, and Cochylis has only one described species, an introduced one. There isn't any indication that the species in this record is associated with Cochylis.
SimoneC
wrote:
10 Apr 2021
Fair enough, I wouldn’t argue with ANIC, not about moths anyway, and it certainly doesn’t look like any of the international Cochylis images on the internet.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050094-34.977447
- Altitude 591.5m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 29 Mar 2021 06:04 PM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) SimoneC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Fuscicepsana undescribed species
Additional information
- Grass Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Fuscicepsana undescribed species Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 591.54m to 759.95m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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