Oecophoridae (family)
Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth at Paddys River, ACT
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| Oecophoridae (family) | GlennCocking | 1 Jun 2022 | |
| Barea (genus) | donhe | 21 Jul 2021 | |
| Unverified | Bron | 19 Jul 2021 |
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5 comments
21 Jul 2021
Barea sp. is a duplicate entry on the dropdowns & hopefully will be removed soon. Stay with Barea (genus).
21 Jul 2021
Yes, "Barea sp" should not be used. Using Barea as an example, the general situation is as follows. "Barea (genus)" is for records that we can't identify to species level, but believe they are a species of the Barea genus. There will often a a number of different species placed under that heading. "Barea undescribed species" is for a group of records we believe are all are the same species, but one that has not been described and given a name. When there is more than one such undescribed species in the same genus, we have to resort to artificial names like the longstanding and well known "Philobota undescribed species near arabella", or "Philobota mathematica group undescribed species", even "Proteuxoa provisional species 1" (and 2,3,4,5). There are many such undescribed species in the moths. I have in the past spent a fair bit of time regularising such names in different parts of the moth taxonomy, but new "Genus sp" keep being created.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.889722-35.456667
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2018 09:03 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oecophoridae (family) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oecophoridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1345.8m Recorded at altitude
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