Incurvariidae (family)

Incurvariidae sp. at Melba, ACT

Incurvariidae (family) at Melba, ACT - 20 Mar 2025 11:36 PM
Incurvariidae (family) at Melba, ACT - 20 Mar 2025 11:36 PM
Incurvariidae (family) at Melba, ACT - 20 Mar 2025 11:36 PM
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Incurvariidae (family) 25 Mar 2025 donhe
Incurvariidae (family) 24 Mar 2025 kasiaaus

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About 5mm

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kasiaaus wrote:
   24 Mar 2025
Incurvariidae ID based on Moths in the ACT p. 43
donhe wrote:
   24 Mar 2025
Perthida glyphopa ?
kasiaaus wrote:
   24 Mar 2025
Very likely Perthida glyphopa Don but I don't know how to confirm it. Maybe I'll ask Glenn...
ibaird wrote:
   24 Mar 2025
Perhaps but the Jarrah eucalypt is native to WA.
There seem to be two named eastern Australian species, and a collection of un-named species classified as Perhida genus in the ANIC collection, see here:-
https://bold-au.hobern.net/taxon.php?taxid=2587
donhe wrote:
   24 Mar 2025
Maybe they they are not such fussy eaters as has been imagined ?

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