Eulechria xeropterella
1 Eulechria xeropterella at Ainslie, ACT
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| Eulechria xeropterella | donhe | 14 Dec 2022 | |
| Eulechria xeropterella | ibaird | 14 Dec 2022 | |
| Agriophara (genus) | donhe | 13 Dec 2022 | |
| Agriophara platyscia | donhe | 12 Dec 2022 | |
| Agriophara (genus) | jb2602 | 12 Dec 2022 |
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6 comments
12 Dec 2022
While this is not the same as the sightings recognised as A. discobola on CNM, there are a few identified as such on the AlA which look like this.
14 Dec 2022
I found an image of E, xeropterella on page 31 of 'Ento Soc. Vic's publication 'Morewell National Park Lepidoptera and Neuroptera' which matches this sighting well. Its a variable species. Its more elongate than.Agriophara i think witth very large prominent palps. I don't think the single image on Lepidoptera Butterfly House captures the apparent variation well. But see this record on the ALA:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/969cf792-7e2e-4199-9d49-362ba88cb990
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/969cf792-7e2e-4199-9d49-362ba88cb990
14 Dec 2022
I wondered about this myself but thought it was not long and thin enough. Could the size difference be a sex thing as with Philobota?
14 Dec 2022
Yes, they are very similar, whereas E. xeropterella seems more likely to have a dark thorax as in this specimen. They seem to have similar east coast distritutions although E. xeropterella has more southern Victorian records on the ALA.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152109-35.259241
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2022 11:52 AM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Eulechria xeropterella Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Eulechria xeropterella Scientific name
- Eulechria xeropterella Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 625.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Eulechria xylopterella
Record quality
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