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Unidentified at suppressed - 11 May 2007
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Coesyra (genus) 31 Jul 2023 donhe
Unidentified 30 Jul 2023 PJH123

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Oecophorinae

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PJH123 wrote:
   1 Aug 2023
Don, Possible Coesyra cyclotoma which is describes as having “a small quadrate dark purple-fuscous spot on base of costa”, lectotype from Brisbane. Hard to find a decent image, ALA (31/07/2023) has a fine selection of species (plural) which includes a Tineidae and none of which seem to match the description. I am also not sure of the ones on the Butterfly house site, based on the original description.
donhe wrote:
   1 Aug 2023
Philobota acroplaca? Isomoralla sp. ANIC5?
ibaird wrote:
   1 Aug 2023
I cannot see how it can be P, acroplaca which is a black and wite moth, perhaps like Isomoralla sp. ANIC5 but this specimen has a much more prominent black 'çollar'. Not sure I can see a quadrate spot at the base of the costa. The shape of the boundary between yellow and brown does suggest 'Coesyra' genus to me, but there are other possibilities. This moth has striped entennae and a dark base to the palps, two features which Ialso think are also consistent with M. automima.

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