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Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)

Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)

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Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)

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ibaird wrote:
11 Jun 2025
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dd677962-9530-49d3-abd5-2d30f47b80cb
All records to date on the ALA are from Tasmania.
BOLD (Hobern) shows mainland records for SE Australia.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=407472
Telanepsia stictocrossa
VanessaC wrote:
8 Jun 2025
Only spotted this when I got home. I don't know if its a case moth or not....
Hemibela (genus)
donhe wrote:
6 Jun 2025
Lovely underside shot. I have put a copy in
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chez/holoxesta.html
I hope that is OK ?
Thema holoxesta
kasiaaus wrote:
29 May 2025
Thank you Glenn. The female is sighting 4670048
Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed)
GlennCocking wrote:
29 May 2025
This specimen best matches the undescribed Philobota species with brachyperous females shown in Moths in the ACT p85. ANIC has many specimens of this moth, mostly from Black Mountain in 1960 but some others from other places in the ACT in May and June from 1928 to the 1970s. It has also been recorded by Katarina Christenson in Melba in May and July in recent years, and by others.
The forewing of the male has a variable subcostal dark stripe outlined on both sides with a white streak. The dark streak is narrow and may display prominently from base to termen, or may be reduced to scattered dark scales that scarcely form a line. The rest of the forewing has subdued patterning that is overall grey-brown to the naked eye indoors or more colourful in a flash photo as shown in Moths in the ACT. Katarina Christenson captured this specimen, and also a female a week earlier, and I have confirmed that they are both of this species.
Philobota (brachypterous, unnamed)

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