Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed)

Philobota group, BOLD ES2 at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed)	29 May 2025	GlennCocking
Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed)	3 Jul 2022	GlennCocking
Philobota diaereta	29 May 2021	kasiaaus

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GlennCocking wrote:

29 May 2025

This specimen best matches the undescribed Philobota species with brachyperous females shown in Moths in the ACT p85. ANIC has many specimens of this moth, mostly from Black Mountain in 1960 but some others from other places in the ACT in May and June from 1928 to the 1970s. It has also been recorded by Katarina Christenson in Melba in May and July in recent years, and by others.
The forewing of the male has a variable subcostal dark stripe outlined on both sides with a white streak. The dark streak is narrow and may display prominently from base to termen, or may be reduced to scattered dark scales that scarcely form a line. The rest of the forewing has subdued patterning that is overall grey-brown to the naked eye indoors or more colourful in a flash photo as shown in Moths in the ACT. Katarina Christenson captured this specimen, and also a female a week earlier, and I have confirmed that they are both of this species.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.050475 -35.208387
Altitude 621.8m
Places Melba, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
29 May 2021 01:29 AM Recorded on
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kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed) Scientific name
Philobota group, BOLD ES2 Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 643m Recorded at altitude
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