A concealer moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Psaroxantha undescribed species | 22 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Psaroxantha undescribed species | 22 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Psaroxantha calligenes | 28 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Psaroxantha calligenes | 28 Jan 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 2 Jan 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 2 Jan 2021 | kasiaaus |
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5 comments
ibaird
wrote:
22 Feb 2021
If 4364506 is now regrouped as ''Psaroxantha undescribed species', I suggest this sighting is also a candidate for re-grouping too.
donhe
wrote:
22 Feb 2021
This speckly specimen looks very similar to one of Hobern's Psaroxantha calligenes at
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7f070082-2be7-48e8-b8f4-e9d54c49e30e#gallery
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7f070082-2be7-48e8-b8f4-e9d54c49e30e#gallery
ibaird
wrote:
22 Feb 2021
I'm not sure what criteria were used to recognise P, undescribed species, but I think this looks different to the other speciimens identified as P. calligenes on CNM.
GlennCocking
wrote:
23 Feb 2021
I did my best to differentiate them by "Psaroxantha calligenes and Psaroxantha undescribed species have slightly different structures to their forewing dark lines" in the CNM species description, but am still struggling for consistency. We could ignore the variation and put them all together.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050203-35.209055
- Altitude 509.9m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2020 11:28 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Psaroxantha undescribed species Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 635m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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