Macrobathra desmotoma

A Cosmet moth at Hackett, ACT

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	Macrobathra desmotoma	25 Nov 2021	ibaird
	Macrobathra desmotoma	25 Nov 2021	jb2602

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jb2602 wrote:

25 Nov 2021

How do you distinguish between M. desmotoma and M. aphrista?

ibaird wrote:

25 Nov 2021

I don't know. I will refer the question to Glenn Cocking. The ALA says M. aphristis is found in WA but that is not borne out by the Bold Systems 4 distribution.

ibaird wrote:

25 Nov 2021

Lepidoptera Butterfly House says the thorax is white in M. aphristis and shows it is not completely so in a photo of a set specimen of M. desmotoma. A difference may be clear in set moths (see LBH website), but less help in live specimens I expect.

donhe wrote:

25 Nov 2021

I do not understand why Meyrick, in describing M. aphristis in 1889, made no mention of its similarity to M. desmotoma which he described in 1886. I suspect he had forgotten about his former description, and that M. aphristis is a synonym of M. desmotoma.

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25 Nov 2021

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At least 1 Abundance
23 Nov 2021 03:55 PM Recorded on
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Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

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Macrobathra desmotoma Scientific name
A Cosmet moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 804.5m Recorded at altitude
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