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Moths (Lepidoptera)
Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Sighting 4351811

Blastobasis (genus)

Melba, ACT

Blastobasis (genus) at Melba, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 08:34 PM
Blastobasis (genus) at Melba, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 08:34 PM
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Identification history

Blastobasis (genus) 10 Feb 2021 donhe
Blastobasis (genus) 10 Feb 2021 GlennCocking
Unidentified moths group 1 18 Dec 2020 GlennCocking
Unverified 18 Oct 2020 kasiaaus

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3 comments

donhe wrote:
   15 Dec 2020
Bit unhappy about T. hemisema. The gold colour is missing, the dark forewing tornal markings shape wrongly, the dark margin and red fringe are missing, and there seems to be an arc of dark dots along the post-medial part of the costa ?
GlennCocking wrote:
   15 Dec 2020
My thinking was that it's a worn specimen with washed out colour, and it's the right shape with the pattern elements that are affected by by wear and tear. But I might be thinking of a different Tachystola, will look further.
GlennCocking wrote:
   19 Dec 2020
It's not Tachystola hemisema nor an unnamed Tachystola sp. There have been a number of small narrow-winged Gelechioidea records recently that I'm going to assemble as "Unidentified moths group 1" to compare them easily

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  • Blastobasis (genus) Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 778.9m Recorded at altitude
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