A Concealer moth (Wingia Group) at Carwoola, NSW
Identification history
| Eochrois caminias | 6 Oct 2025 | DianneClarke | ||
| Eochrois caminias | 6 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Gelechioidea (superfamily) | 6 Oct 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 6 Oct 2025 | ChrisChapman |
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6 comments
ibaird
wrote:
6 Oct 2025
Have you any other photos of this moth from a dfferent angle perhsps? I have not yet found a match in Oecophorid moths. Wingia Group?
WendyEM
wrote:
6 Oct 2025
Yes, a stunning moth. I can't find any match either. Other angles might help.
ChrisChapman
wrote:
6 Oct 2025
I have added in a second photo but more or less from the same angle, so not sure it will help too much.
ibaird
wrote:
6 Oct 2025
Yes,apparently Eochrois caminias is the best guess, supported by views expressed on iNaturalist (P. Hendry and Victor Fazio); but if correct clearly a variable, and/or perhaps sexually dimorphic speces. (I had looked at E. caminias but wasn't convinced initially). There is a very broad trailing edge dark band in this specimen,
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Oct 2025
I agree, best match we can find and a suitable holding place. I am not sure about the palps (above) base seems very textured. Many iNat ones have dark base to the palps, not BOLD. BOLD has only WA specimens. Are east Australian ones on iNat and NM the same species or a very similar one?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.268436-35.360261
- Maps Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2025 03:22 PM Recorded on
- ChrisChapman Recorded by
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Collections
Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Chapman NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Eochrois caminias
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Eochrois caminias Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Wingia Group) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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