Philobota group
Oecophoridae at Higgins, ACT
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| Oecophoridae provisional group 5 | ibaird | 27 Aug 2025 | |
| Philobota group | WendyEM | 25 Aug 2025 | |
| Philobota group | donhe | 25 Aug 2025 | |
| Philobota sordidella | WendyEM | 24 Aug 2025 | |
| Haplodyta polybotrya | donhe | 23 Aug 2025 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 22 Aug 2025 |
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5 comments
22 Aug 2025
This moth has upward backward pointing labial palpi and wing markings which suggest an Oecophorid moth to me.
Philobota (genus)?
Philobota (genus)?
24 Aug 2025
I don't think above moth is this Haplodyta polybotrya - https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=409887 Despite a lot of looking I have not yet found an ID.
26 Aug 2025
There are other examples of this moth at 'Oecophoridae provisional group 5' e.g. Sighting 4390224, 4585757, 4392055 etc.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029507-35.238223
- Altitude 724.5m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Aug 2025 10:14 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Philobota group Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota group Scientific name
- Oecophoridae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 724.5m Recorded at altitude
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