Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)

Mount Majura

Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) at Mount Majura - 29 Mar 2024
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Identification history

Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) 18 Apr 2024 donhe
Gelechioidea (superfamily) 8 Apr 2024 donhe
Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) 3 Apr 2024 ibaird
Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) 2 Apr 2024 Pirom

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7 comments

donhe wrote:
   2 Apr 2024
Nemotyla oribates ?
Pirom wrote:
   3 Apr 2024
Restricted to Tasmania?
donhe wrote:
   3 Apr 2024
OK, so bit unlikely........ This specimen holding its middle pair of legs out sideways : a common characteristic of Stathmopodinae ?
donhe wrote:
   3 Apr 2024
OK, Eretmocera hold them like that too.
donhe wrote:
   8 Apr 2024
Common suggests that a difference between Stathmodpoda and Erectmocera is that the latter have ocelli. Not easily distinguished in a field photo.
DianneClarke wrote:
   23 Apr 2024
E. coracopis? https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANIAE1179-11 or maybe ANIC2 https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=414579 but these were found in Qld
donhe wrote:
   24 Apr 2024
Two of the four E. coracopis images on BOLD show no pale marks on the forewings. The other two show vague pale marks that look rather like frictional scale loss.

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  • 29 Mar 2024 02:55 PM Recorded on
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