Perhaps a Hoplophanes species? All the Heliozela species on BOLD have a short white mark on the forewing hind margin, rather than a complete transverse band.
I recognised this moth as a heliozelid as I am involved in a Citizen science project to document the flower hosts of these moths in the Rutaceae, notably Boronia, but also Phebalium, Eriostemon and Zieria but I have had little luck in our area. So I was wondering where you saw this specimen. These moths are entirely dependant on these flowers as their larvae develop in the ovules. There are over 100 species and many are thought to be host specific.
Roger: there appear to be only pictures of 3 Australian Heliozelidae species published on the web. Would you have, or could you take, photos of the species you are concerned with, and put them on CNM, so that we might more easily recognise them in future?
Hi Roger. This moth came to my moth light (gecko) at the edge of my carport in Melba. I usually put it there when there is a risk of rain. I have some Crowea in the garden but not close to where the light was. I have a lot of flowers both native and others. I never saw it on a flower, just on my wall. I will keep an eye out for it.
Hi Don, I'm just the messenger! I responded to a request from the Sun Loving Moths Gang for photos of these moths as I had been introduced to them on Boronia flowers in Kuringai Chase NP by Wendy Grim, a member of the Gang. I have some pictures of an unnamed species at the time from there. Doug Hilton is the leader of the group. Photos can be emailed to Sun.Loving.Moths@gmail.com or posted on Instagram. I can forward the picture if you like. I'm not sure if there are any reports of them being attracted to light. At least we now know they are in our area but the host plant remains elusive. The request was published in the ANPSC Journal Vol 20 No 7 March 2021.
There are some 77 records of Austalian Heliozela sp. (including photos of set specimens) on Bold Systems 4. See here: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Heliozela&taxon=Heliozela
None of the 24 photos in http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Heliozela&taxon=Heliozela resemble Catarina's moth. The list of 38 species there includes only one of the 12 named Australian Heliozela species. I have so far been unable to find any Heliozela photos on ALA, only 16 photos of unnamed species on iNaturalist, and none in AMO.
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