Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)

Belconnen, ACT

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Identification history

Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)	26 Sep 2023	donhe
Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)	26 Sep 2023	ibaird
Cosmopterigidae (family)	24 Sep 2023	donhe
Glyphipterix (genus) DUPL	24 Sep 2023	donhe
Gelechioidea (superfamily)	23 Sep 2023	SteveBorkowskis
Unidentified	23 Sep 2023	SteveBorkowskis

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10 comments

ibaird wrote:

23 Sep 2023

A moth?

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

23 Sep 2023

I’m pretty sure it was a moth, but I could be wrong. I added some more photos, one shows a different angle. The plant was Chamomile Sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides). I’ll keep trying to ID it and see what I can come up with.

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

23 Sep 2023

Hi Ian, if you look at Gelechioidea (superfamily), it looks a lot like the moth on the white daisy in the field guide images.

ibaird wrote:

24 Sep 2023

I see nothing in GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE wich matches.

ibaird wrote:

24 Sep 2023

More like Heliothela (genus) but not a match to that species already recorded. No upward rurning palps visible in Heliothela because the Heliothinae subfamily is a Pyraloid moth.

ibaird wrote:

24 Sep 2023

OK, your sighting is a good match the the image for the Gelechioidea (superfamily) in the field guide, but I dont know what the source of thát image is. I would like to find out.
Also similar to this sighting I think, but unlike most Glyphipterix (genus) I think.
Cosmopterigidae (family) (Unidentified Cosmopterigid moth).

ibaird wrote:

26 Sep 2023

Thanks to Glenn Cocking for pointing me in the right direction, See also p. 109 ‘Moths in the ACT’, I had clealy forgetten about this species!

donhe wrote:

26 Sep 2023

Looks like a b/w version of anic3 on the bold website for Eretmocera.

ibaird wrote:

26 Sep 2023

Glenn says he'll check at ANIC but he does not think this is a descibed species.

ibaird wrote:

26 Sep 2023

An excellent photo. This species is apparently very well adapted to and visits daisiy flower (Asteraceae family) regulalry.