Scieropepla typhicola

A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae at Melba, ACT

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Scieropepla typhicola 19 Jan 2026 ibaird
Scieropepla typhicola 19 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Oecophoridae (family) 11 Jan 2025 kasiaaus
Oecophoridae (family) 11 Jan 2025 ibaird
Maroga melanostigma 11 Jan 2025 donhe
Xyloryctidae (family) 10 Jan 2025 kasiaaus

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4 comments

kasiaaus wrote:
   11 Jan 2025
Don, this was a much smaller moth. About 8mm.
ibaird wrote:
   11 Jan 2025
No black dot on the forewing.
ibaird wrote:
   11 Jan 2025
I'm pretty confident the species is being regularly seem but not identified to species, see here: Sighting No. 4428980
kasiaaus wrote:
   11 Jan 2025
I agree it is the same one Ian.

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