Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Oecophoridae (family) | 20 May 2022 | GlennCocking | ||
| Philobota (genus) | 28 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Hemibela hemicalypta | 28 Dec 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Dec 2021 | kasiaaus |
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3 comments
ibaird
wrote:
28 Dec 2021
I have my doubts about this ID. As we know there are a lot of moth species with a similar looking colour scheme. Moth examples I see of H. hemicalypta online have a more acute, backward sloping boundary between the black and yellow colouration with a wavy boundary line between the two, This boundary line is more vertical and has a straighter boundary.
kasiaaus
wrote:
28 Dec 2021
I agree that there are differences Ian. The other difference is that this one has no hint of yellow on its head while Hemibela hemicalypta does. I looked for quite while to see if I could find a good match but failed. See also my sighting 4357653 which I think could be the same but might be different again and is as yet unidentified after more that a year.
GlennCocking
wrote:
7 Jan 2022
I think it is the same as 4357653 which I failed to match when i tried earlier. Can't identify it beyond Oecophorinae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050237-35.208572
- Altitude 604.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2021 11:02 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- Machine learning
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