A concealer moth at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Plectobela undescribed species | 21 Nov 2019 | ibaird | ||
| Plectobela undescribed species | 21 Nov 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 7 Jan 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 7 Jan 2018 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Jan 2018 | CathB |
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4 comments
GlennCocking
wrote:
7 Jan 2018
This photo has characteristics suggesting Plecotobela sp (there is one that matches better than P. zanclotona) and also Unplaced (Coesyra) phaeozona. But the dark mark on the forewing costa which does not seem to extend to the base does not match either of these. I suspect it is something else. Apparently not Eulechria.
GlennCocking
wrote:
22 Nov 2019
Looking at this again, the photo strongly suggests an unnamed Plectobela species that has been often recorded in the ACT in the past. except for that distinct mark on the costa towards the base. Having looked reasonably thoroughly for an Oecophoridae with that mark and failed, I'm thinking that it is an aberrant exaggeration of the typical narrow black line on the base of the costa of Plectobela sp or a foreign object (are there are signs of the latter in photo 1?). So I'm suggesting Plectobela sp is where we should put it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078436-35.266613
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Jan 2018 09:16 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Plectobela undescribed species Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 811.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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