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Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Sighting 4656410

Limnaecia (genus)

A Gelechioid moth at suppressed

Limnaecia (genus) at suppressed - suppressed
Limnaecia (genus) at suppressed - suppressed
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Identification history

Limnaecia (genus) 31 Mar 2025 donhe
Limnaecia (genus) 30 Mar 2025 ibaird
Limnaecia chionospila 28 Mar 2025 DPRees125

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ibaird wrote:
   28 Mar 2025
I'm not sure this is Limnaecia chionospila. It seems to lack the two white bands in each antenna and the apparently mostly white labial palps.
donhe wrote:
   29 Mar 2025
Nemotyla oribates (bit north of its usual range) ?
ibaird wrote:
   30 Mar 2025
A very interesting suggestion, and there are features of this moth which would seem to match: the white base to the palps with black tips, the forewing banding with the first anterior one on a an oblique angle etc,
But LBH and Bold Systems 4 say the species is confined to Tasmania and is associatedwith Tasmanian Cushion Plant.
However, we also know of course that there are similar cushion plant species growing at altitude near Canberra in the higher 'alpine' country, and there would be cultivated examples of cushion plant species in the Australian National Botanical Garden's collection on Black Mountain locally. And there seem to be sevaral examples of Tasmanian moth species which extend to mainland alpine areas.
ibaird wrote:
   30 Mar 2025
A tatty Limnaecia leptomeris?
DPRees125 wrote:
   30 Mar 2025
thank you, all I can say i don't grow Tasmanaian cushion plants in the yard!!!! not something you would find in greater Gungahlin.. I will keep my eyes open for another one, this one was there for a couple of shots and flew off, never to be seen again...
DPRees125 wrote:
   30 Mar 2025
thank you, all I can say i don't grow Tasmanaian cushion plants in the yard!!!! not something you would find in greater Gungahlin.. I will keep my eyes open for another one, this one was there for a couple of shots and flew off, never to be seen again...
ibaird wrote:
   30 Mar 2025
I think Sighting 4430134 and this one are the same moth species, but probably not L. chionospila.

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