Sighting 4383288
A cosmet moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) | 27 May 2021 | donhe | ||
| Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) | 27 May 2021 | Bron |
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3 comments
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
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=173590
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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Location information
- Coordinates 149.052978-35.208827
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2020 02:05 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) Scientific name
- A cosmet moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 890.9m Recorded at altitude
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