Opsitycha squalidella
Barea Group at Harrison, ACT
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| Opsitycha squalidella | 26 Oct 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Opsitycha squalidella | 26 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Barea dryocoetes | 26 Oct 2025 | DPRees125 |
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WendyEM
wrote:
26 Oct 2025
It appears that iNat has had a rethink about Barea dryocoetes although the BOLD ones do look like this
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/771645-Barea-dryocoetes
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=535263
I have always been unsure how to separate iNat Barea dryocoetes & Opsitycha squalidella
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=415075
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/771645-Barea-dryocoetes
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=535263
I have always been unsure how to separate iNat Barea dryocoetes & Opsitycha squalidella
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=415075
DPRees125
wrote:
26 Oct 2025
OK, so what is the difference between tis species and Barea dryocoetes? which this sort of moth, at this location, have been identified as in previous seasons
WendyEM
wrote:
26 Oct 2025
I think it has been an error identifying moths looking like this as Barea dryocoetes they should be Opsitycha squalidella
DPRees125
wrote:
26 Oct 2025
I have no particular opinion on this, except the specimens we get in Canberra look the same to me. I consider them to be one of the same. I am not a taxo, so someone needs to decide which name, one or other, we should use for these..
ibaird
wrote:
26 Oct 2025
These two species look very similar. What is diagnostic to tell them apart?
Location information
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- DPRees125 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Opsitycha squalidella Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Opsitycha squalidella Scientific name
- Barea Group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 589.49m Recorded at altitude
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