A concealer moth at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Telocharacta metachroa | 6 Dec 2024 | donhe | ||
| Orescoa orites | 6 Dec 2024 | donhe | ||
| Telocharacta metachroa | 5 Dec 2024 | Pirom |
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4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I'm not sure this is O. orites because that moth appears more elongate, darker grey and usually holds its wings at rest in a vertical plane.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1548948-Orescoa-orites
Orescoa orites (A Concealer moth (Oecophorinae)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1548948-Orescoa-orites
Orescoa orites (A Concealer moth (Oecophorinae)
Pirom
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
It was also notably larger than orites - which also occurs in that locality.
ibaird
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I'm not sure I would rule out T. metachroa. The notes provided for that species in our taxonomy say that species often appears pale in colour and 'the dull thoracic collar' may be 'indistinct'. The palps seem to match this sightiing:
See here:-
Telocharacta metachroa (A concealer moth)
See here:-
Telocharacta metachroa (A concealer moth)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.142792-35.268933
- Altitude 593.2m
- Maps Corroboree Park
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2024 04:01 PM Recorded on
- Pirom Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Pirom Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Telocharacta metachroa
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Telocharacta metachroa Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1302.52m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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