Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Myriostephes matura | 20 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Myriostephes matura | 19 Jan 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Pyralidae (family) | 5 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Endotricha pyrosalis | 4 Jan 2021 | donhe | ||
| Endotricha pyrosalis | 4 Jan 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2021 | kasiaaus |
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14 comments
ibaird
wrote:
4 Jan 2021
I don't hink this matches either Endotricha ignealis or E. pyrosalis. There a are some ;'Éndotricha' sp.. on ALA which are sililar, but I have not found a good match there, i.e the outer forewing line { there are three forewing lines in total) meets the costa almost one third along its length.
GlennCocking
wrote:
5 Jan 2021
I too was using the sinuous shape of the forewing costa as a strong indicator, but have wondered at times whether there is a second species within our E. pyrosalis.
ibaird
wrote:
5 Jan 2021
This moth has long palps extending forward which I don't see on the E. pyrosalis examples on the ALA. There are no pictures there showing as much hindwing, but I don't think the hindwings match very well either.
donhe
wrote:
5 Jan 2021
BOLD has lots showing hindwings at http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=279361
GlennCocking
wrote:
18 Jan 2021
It's not in Endotricha or the other Pyralinae. It's probably a Spilomelinae.
ibaird
wrote:
19 Jan 2021
Yes, I have been looking at Metasia too. I thought Metasia dicealis was a possibility, perhaps the hindwing colour fades with time.
kasiaaus
wrote:
19 Jan 2021
I tried to look it up on ALA and I wonder if it is M. metura or M. matura ?
ibaird
wrote:
20 Jan 2021
Yes, looks a good match with what I can see on Bold Systems 4, although the set specimens there are faded.
donhe
wrote:
8 Feb 2021
Hi Katarina, I have taken the liberty of writing a webpage around your amazing photos of this tiny species, at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/matura.html
Many thanks, Don
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/matura.html
Many thanks, Don
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050003-35.209048
- Altitude 515.3m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2020 11:27 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Myriostephes matura Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 20.36m to 626.42m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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