Sighting 4667749
Symbolistis orophota
Gelechiidae (Dichomeridinae at Melba, ACT
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| Symbolistis orophota | donhe | 19 May 2025 | |
| Symbolistis orophota | WendyEM | 9 May 2025 | |
| Symbolistis argyromitra | WendyEM | 9 May 2025 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 9 May 2025 |
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6 comments
9 May 2025
Symbolistis argyromitra
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=370020
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1277598-Symbolistis-argyromitra
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a1821768-3016-4844-a539-b0facc7694f3#names
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=370020
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1277598-Symbolistis-argyromitra
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a1821768-3016-4844-a539-b0facc7694f3#names
9 May 2025
Thank you so much Wendy and Don. It definitely looks like a Symbolistis sp. probably orophota. I tried very hard to find something that matched but got nowhere.
19 May 2025
Again, the distinctive white and dark pattern near the tip of the antennae can apprently help identification:-
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/e39b3476-4f1a-4727-84dc-e4765cc581bc
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/e39b3476-4f1a-4727-84dc-e4765cc581bc
Location information
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Symbolistis orophota
Species information
- Symbolistis orophota Scientific name
- Gelechiidae (Dichomeridinae Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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