Sighting 4642419
Macrobathra (genus)
A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae at Melba, ACT
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| Macrobathra (genus) | ibaird | 11 Apr 2025 | |
| Macrobathra (genus) | donhe | 11 Apr 2025 | |
| Macrobathra melanomitra | WendyEM | 11 Apr 2025 | |
| Macrobathra bigerella | kasiaaus | 29 Jan 2025 |
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5 comments
11 Apr 2025
I don't think this is Macrobathra bigerella which has a yellowish stripe along inner margin from base of forewings joining the white patches. I think this moth is more like one of these
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366699
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366687
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372751
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366699
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366687
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372751
11 Apr 2025
Thanks @WendyEM, I agree but I'm not sure that sighting 4461948 currenly identified as Macrobathra melanomitra is the same.
11 Apr 2025
No they are not the same. I think the above moth is closer to Macrobathra melanomitra than sighting 4461948 which I suspect is not even Macrobathra - it's wings are broader. Thanks Ian I have fixed the number.
11 Apr 2025
I'm not sure this is M. melanomitra compared to the BOLD (Hobern) evidemce given the labial palps are different, there seems to be much more white at the base of the forewing here, and the first white band seems more oblique with ragged edges.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050294-35.208563
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2025 11:21 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Macrobathra (genus) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Macrobathra (genus) Scientific name
- A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1422.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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6 / 7
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