Sighting 4717200
Labdia (genus)
A Curved-horn Moth at Cook, ACT
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| Labdia (genus) | WendyEM | 12 May 2026 | |
| Labdia oxysema | ibaird | 1 Feb 2026 | |
| Labdia (genus) | ibaird | 1 Feb 2026 | |
| Labdia argophracta | WendyEM | 5 Jan 2026 | |
| Elachista flammula | ibaird | 5 Jan 2026 | |
| Elachista flammula | CathB | 2 Jan 2026 |
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7 comments
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
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
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.
30 Jan 2026
@Lkaila could it be Labdia argophracta ? I think I have also recorded it in central Victoria
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Labdia (genus)
Species information
- Labdia (genus) Scientific name
- A Curved-horn Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 596.58m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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