Scoparia meyrickii

1 A Crambid moth at Melba, ACT

Scoparia meyrickii at Melba, ACT - 18 Oct 2021
Scoparia meyrickii at Melba, ACT - 18 Oct 2021
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Identification history

Scoparia meyrickii 15 Dec 2021 donhe
Scoparia meyrickii 15 Dec 2021 ibaird
Galleriinae sp. (subfamily) 15 Dec 2021 donhe
Unidentified 15 Dec 2021 kasiaaus

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9 comments

ibaird wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
Eudonia?
kasiaaus wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
Looks a lot like Eudonia octophora but it's a New Zealand moth. Hmmm...
ibaird wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
If correct, and I reckon it probably is, another species not yet represented on LBH.
ibaird wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
This species was recorded in the ACT on Black Village Green by Gelnn Cocking in the 2013 ACT Bioblitz Survey:- https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/b421162b-926d-4248-b554-e10a30775ee8
kasiaaus wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
Yes, it does look very much like Scoparia meyrickii. Well done Ian. BTW. The URL above does not work. Is anything missing?
ibaird wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
No. if you copy it in full and paste it into Google it worked for me! Its just the link to the record from the ACT record on the ALA.
donhe wrote:
   15 Dec 2021
Well spotted Ian. Lovely photos Katarina. I have put copies in the new
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/scop/meyrickii.html
I hope you approve?
ibaird wrote:
   16 Dec 2021
It's fine by me!
ibaird wrote:
   17 Dec 2021
A new moth speces for CNM and Lepidoptera Butterfly House.

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