Subfurcatana subfurcatana

A Tortricid moth at Booth, ACT

Subfurcatana subfurcatana at Booth, ACT - 11 Nov 2024 01:58 PM
Subfurcatana subfurcatana at Booth, ACT - 11 Nov 2024 01:58 PM
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Subfurcatana subfurcatana 14 Nov 2024 donhe
Subfurcatana subfurcatana 14 Nov 2024 ibaird

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ibaird wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
Sorry, deleted the ID suggestion by mistake,
ibaird wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
iNaturalist currently shows this species as an 'inactive taxon'. Don't know why. Also the gap in the second white band seems not to be centred dorsally in this specimen, but is visible form side-on.
DianneClarke wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
There were a number of Taxon changes for Tortrics on iNat - 3 November. This one is now Conchylis subfurcatana on iNat.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/149527

Vacuana vacuana changed to Conchylis vacuana and Euphona Euphona to Capua euphona. THere may have been more.
Constrictana constrictana changed back to Tortrix constrictana.
ibaird wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
Dianne. Thanks. I'm not sure where this leaves us because we have decided to comply with the Australian Faunal Directory wrt to namimg. For example, the AFD seems to acknowledge the prior C. subfurcatana (1863) but calls S. subfurcatana a synonym (2013).
donhe wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
It appears then that iNat is ignoring Marianne's research and putting the names back to the those of the original authors ?
So we basically have 3 authorities who often disagree: iNat, Bold, and AFD.
Personally: I like AFD because it only covers the limited population of insect species resident in Oz, so is easier to search, and is based on local knowledge and research.
DianneClarke wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
I just looked at BOLD and AFD and found
"SpeciesConchylis subfurcatana Walker, 1863synonym of Subfurcatana subfurcatana (Walker, 1863)"
but only Conchylis subfurcatana in BOLD.

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