Sighting 4458090
Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea
A Gelechioid moth (Parametriotinae-Elachistidae at O'Connor, ACT
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| Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea | donhe | 7 Dec 2022 | |
| Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea | ibaird | 7 Dec 2022 | |
| Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) | donhe | 7 Dec 2022 | |
| Trachydora pygaea | ibaird | 6 Dec 2022 |
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Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).
3 comments
6 Dec 2022
While T. pygaea appears both on LBH:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cosm/pygaea.html
and the ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac43a6b4-2206-43ca-8d61-dbd644cb1219
similar looking moths also appera as leptozestis (genus) species on the ALA eg. by Rebecca Stroud:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/c0bd1de5-39e7-417b-8fef-b44b32dc7358
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cosm/pygaea.html
and the ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac43a6b4-2206-43ca-8d61-dbd644cb1219
similar looking moths also appera as leptozestis (genus) species on the ALA eg. by Rebecca Stroud:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/c0bd1de5-39e7-417b-8fef-b44b32dc7358
7 Dec 2022
Bold has 66 unnamed Australian species in Leptozestis. I think this is one of those or yet another.
7 Dec 2022
Following further discussion on this matter with Glann Cocking today we agreed to create the category 'Trachydora sp. nr pygaea' to cover this and potential further sightings. See also the more detailed discusion and responses for. CNM Sighting No. 4416743.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113348-35.259533
- Altitude 603.8m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2022 09:57 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea
Species information
- Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth (Parametriotinae-Elachistidae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 603.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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6 / 7
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