Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)
Sighting 4668127

Meritastis umbrosa

4 A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini) at Harrison, ACT

Meritastis umbrosa at Harrison, ACT - suppressed
Meritastis umbrosa at Harrison, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Meritastis umbrosa 17 May 2025 donhe
Meritastis umbrosa 17 May 2025 ibaird
Tortricinae (subfamily) 12 May 2025 donhe
Tortricinae (subfamily) 11 May 2025 DPRees125

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5 comments

donhe wrote:
   12 May 2025
I cannot discern a pattern to match.
ibaird wrote:
   17 May 2025
Meritastis (genus) was suggested by iNaturalist;s AI algorithm.
Seems to match Meritastis umbrosa, see here:-
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/af72859d-2a7a-4973-9fe5-7d7a8bcc34fe#gallery
ibaird wrote:
   17 May 2025
A new species for NatureMapr and NatureMapr's Canberra and Southern Taplelands region if confirmed. Excellent photo.
ibaird wrote:
   17 May 2025
Would appear to be a sexually dimorphic species, see Moths On-line (CSIRO). If so. this sighting would appear to be the male.
https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/meritastis-umbrosa/
DPRees125 wrote:
   17 May 2025
Thank you for your work, it looked different from anything i'd seen before here.

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