Philobota mucida
A Concealer moth (Philobota group at Russell, ACT
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| Philobota mucida | WendyEM | 21 Jun 2025 | |
| Philobota mucida | ibaird | 20 Jun 2025 | |
| Endrosis sarcitrella | donhe | 18 May 2025 | |
| Philobota group | Hejor1 | 15 May 2025 |
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9 comments
16 May 2025
Moth damaged, missing half of one forewing. Possibly P. orescoa but black collar at the thorax not clearly prominent as one mighr expect.
18 May 2025
I'm not sure this sighting matches. E. sarcitrella. The whitish 'collar' seems more extensive and less distinct than other examples elsewhere. There is no line white dots along the forewing outer margin and the palps seem to be uniform white whereas in E. sarcitrela they have white and black barring (eg sighting 4609507). I was drawn to P. orescoa because of the outher one third of the forewing is darker with a distinct boundary to the rest like in that species.
19 May 2025
19 May 2025
More ploblematic for it being P.orescoa, I think, is the lack of a distinct black edge or 'collar' to the thorax,. See here:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34525833
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34525833
19 Jun 2025
This mooth does not have a white head and thorax (& shoulders) if you look closely at 2nd shot it has sun shining at an angle from above onto top of it, rest is in shade.
19 Jun 2025
It looks like something like Philobota mucida
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=409653
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=703330
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=409653
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=703330
20 Jun 2025
Agreed, P.mucida or P.philostaura. P. mucida seems sometimes to show a darker last third of the forewing.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.151506-35.296144
- Altitude 587.4m
- Places Russell, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 15 May 2025 01:32 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Philobota mucida Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota mucida Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Philobota group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 599m Recorded at altitude
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