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Atalopsis heniocha

A concealer moth at Braddon, ACT

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Identification history

	Atalopsis heniocha	12 Apr 2023	AaronClausen
	Atalopsis heniocha	12 Apr 2023	ibaird

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10 comments

donhe wrote:

30 Mar 2023

I can see fuzzy head and no palps. Tineoidea? No Psychidae or Tineoidea that I know. How big is it?

Hejor1 wrote:

30 Mar 2023

@donhe around 5mm, possibly up to 8mn

Steve_Bok wrote:

30 Mar 2023

Similar to this sighting? Atalopsis heniocha (A concealer moth)

ibaird wrote:

30 Mar 2023

Yes similar to Sighting No. 4427391, but Im not convinced its Oecophoridae family.

ibaird wrote:

30 Mar 2023

Based on forewing pattern looks like Atalopsis heniocha (Qecphoridae).
See here:-
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9ab6c359-e741-448c-b9d3-ef03cb9ae571#gallery
and also:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/bare/heniocha.html

ibaird wrote:

30 Mar 2023

There has been a glitch adding the species to the taxonomy, hopefully fixed soon 10:40 pm 30/3/23

AaronClausen wrote:

30 Mar 2023

Hi @ibaird what's the glitch, CC @michaelb

donhe wrote:

31 Mar 2023

I agree size and wing pattern suggests A. heniocha.

ibaird wrote:

31 Mar 2023

Message from michaelb (31/3); ''I would prefer to leave it as it is for now and show Aaron. It is an occasional problematic bug which I hope he can fix. Cheers, Michael."

ibaird wrote:

12 Apr 2023

OK, all good now, Thanks, Aaron and Michael! Cheers, Ian Baird

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