Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera)

A cosmet moth at Melba, ACT

Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) at Melba, ACT - 19 Nov 2020 02:05 AM
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Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) 27 May 2021 donhe
Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) 27 May 2021 Bron

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donhe wrote:
   27 May 2021
Some Epermenia species look like this, with several elevated sets of scales on the wings, see
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=173590
Bron wrote:
   27 May 2021
Thanks Don, They are certainly similar, are they closely related?
donhe wrote:
   27 May 2021
The Epermeniidae are a more primitive family, some with incomplete wing veins, than the Gelechiidae. The tufts are on the forewing hind margin of the Epermenia, whereas they are at various locations on the forewings of Gelechiidae.

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