Elachista flammula

A Gelechioid moth (Elachistidae at suppressed

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Identification history

Labdia oxysema 1 Feb 2026 ibaird
Labdia (genus) 1 Feb 2026 ibaird
Labdia argophracta 5 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Elachista flammula 5 Jan 2026 ibaird
Elachista flammula 2 Jan 2026 CathB

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7 comments

ibaird wrote:
   10 Jan 2026
I'm not sure this matches the iNaturalist examples:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1353287-Labdia-argophracta/browse_photos
See also here:-
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=326537
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
Lkaila wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
Even though the wing pattern matches Elachista flammula, this is a cosmopterigid, in the genus Labdia (I cannot now remember its species, sorry, but it is abundant in ACT at least. From Elachista it is easiest to distinguish by the very long labial palpi.
WendyEM wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
@Lkaila could it be Labdia argophracta ? I think I have also recorded it in central Victoria
ibaird wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
I see the first image showing the specimen side-on matching other side-on shots of E. flammua on iNaturalist, but not of L. argophracta. I do not think the examples on Bold Hobern are a close match to this specimen
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
I can see though that Labdia oxysema may be a likely candidate
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8fb405d8-b7bb-41be-9f77-c921fcdbd0b3#gallery
Lkaila wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
I agree, this is Labdia oxysema.
WendyEM wrote:
   30 Jan 2026
Maybe it is Labdia sp. ANIC5 ?
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372815
Labdia argophracta, I realise now, has a longer white stripe along the inner margin.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
Sorry about delay with this. I wrote it before your comments but my internet went off-line due to heat, until late tonight.
ibaird wrote:
   1 Feb 2026
Perhaps Labdia sp.ANIC5 (there are many images), but I don't see the apparently characteristic downward curve in the white line along the costa that many of those speciimens seem to have.

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