Sighting 4608585
Unidentified Gelechioid moth at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | 30 Oct 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | 30 Oct 2024 | donhe | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 29 Oct 2024 | DianneClarke |
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User's notes
Very small, active - ie I couldn't find it resting. Perhaps Zacorus carus but not sure the palps match? In Moths of the ACT.there is a white Microbela allocoma (p67) but I can't fins a white one in BOLD, LBH or iNat.
4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
29 Oct 2024
It could also be a Xylorycta sp. Many are white and have large palps like this moth
DianneClarke
wrote:
29 Oct 2024
Thanks Wendy - will look there too. White moths on white sheets are a bit trucky for getting all the details
WendyEM
wrote:
30 Oct 2024
That depends if the size = body length or wingspan. Ian McMillan's blog for example CRYPTOLECHIA LUTEOTACTELLA ".......Length of the body 4 ½ - 5 lines [9.5 – 10.6mm]; of the wings 13-14 lines [27.5 – 29.6mm]......." (Walker 1864 Source http://xyloryctinemothsofaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/06/xylorycta-luteotactella.html This white Xylorycta sp moth would fit in the size range for body length. I am NOT saying this moth is this genus necessarily, it is an example.
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2024 09:24 PM Recorded on
- DianneClarke Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) DianneClarke
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Gelechioidea (superfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified Gelechioid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 917.96m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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