Crocidosema plebejana

Cotton Tipworm Moth at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

Crocidosema plebejana	14 Oct 2021	GlennCocking
Crocidosema plebejana	14 Oct 2021	ibaird
Olethreutinae (subfamily)	14 Oct 2021	donhe
Olethreutinae sp.	14 Oct 2021	donhe
Unidentified	13 Oct 2021	AlisonMilton

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2 comments

donhe wrote:

14 Oct 2021

Can "Olethreutinae (subfamily)" and "Olethreutinae sp." be combined into, say, "Olethreutinae unidentified sp." ?

GlennCocking wrote:

14 Oct 2021

This is analagous to the situation we recently tidied with Amata (genus) and Amata sp. The higher level taxonomy. ie Amata (genus) or Olethreuitinae (subfamily), should be used when we are confident the the record belongs to the genus or subfamily, but don't know which species. Taxon undescribed species should only be used when we recognise the record as a particular species that doesn't have a name. If there is more than one such species in the same taxon, it needs to be given an informal name, eg we use Philobota mathematica group undescribed species and Philobota undescribed species near arabella. I wish people would stop creating taxon sp, as it just confuses the situation. I have tided up a lot of them, but they keep coming back. I've changed the title of the CNM entry to Olethreutinae (subfamily)

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