Echinocosma catachrysa

Philobota Group at Macarthur, ACT

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Identification history

Echinocosma catachrysa	5 Nov 2025	ibaird
Echinocosma catachrysa	3 Nov 2025	WendyEM
Merocroca automima	3 Nov 2025	DianneClarke
Unverified	3 Nov 2025	Mike

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2 comments

ibaird wrote:

4 Nov 2025

I think I have probably been overloking this species and calling it M. automima

WendyEM wrote:

5 Nov 2025

Yes I have been worrying about this for a while. They both have similar outline and position of the dark patch on the forewing. I think the difference is that in M. automima the yellow continues along the costa beside the dark patch,
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=408624
in Echinocosma catachrysa it does not and the patch is a little bigger/wider/deeper.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=409872
ps I thought I had just discovered NM had misspelled M. automima, but it turns out the error is with BOLD

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Location information

Coordinates 149.131376 -35.391570
Altitude 680.0m
Maps Wanniassa Hill
Places Macarthur, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
3 Nov 2025 05:46 PM Recorded on
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Mike NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Echinocosma catachrysa Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Echinocosma catachrysa Scientific name
Philobota Group Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 680m Recorded at altitude
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