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Identification history
| Phycitinae (subfamily) | 21 Oct 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Pyralidae (family) | 21 Oct 2025 | DPRees125 |
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3 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
21 Oct 2025
A very interesting series of photographs. The way the adornment on the legs folds away to nothing is very impressive. Sadly I have not found a name for the moth.
ibaird
wrote:
21 Oct 2025
Yes. Perhaps the most similar I came up with in Phycitini was genus Copamyntis eg. C. infusella bur it's not that species
DPRees125
wrote:
22 Oct 2025
Thank you both, it threw me when I saw it running about on the sheet, will look out for more
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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DPRees125 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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