Barea (genus)

A concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT

Barea (genus) at Ainslie, ACT - 3 Nov 2024 09:53 PM
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Barea (genus) 31 Aug 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Barea asbolaea 14 Nov 2024 donhe
Barea (genus) 14 Nov 2024 Pirom

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ibaird wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
Also similar to Barea micropis? A number of Barea spp. seem to display this general pattern but the black spots are larger here, by surrounded by sooty black.
donhe wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
I cannot tell them apart. The variance in their patterns seems to exceed their differences.
But both rather southern species?
ibaird wrote:
   31 Aug 2025
Yes, the ywo species very similar, buT B. asbolaea also not6ible for having been introduced to Cornwall (UK) from southern Australia presumably horticullurally on fern species.

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