Oecophoridae (family)

Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth at Sheldon, QLD

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Identification history

Oecophoridae (family)	21 Aug 2023	ibaird
Oecophoridae (family)	21 Aug 2023	donhe
Edosa fraudulens	13 Aug 2023	donhe
Unidentified	11 Aug 2023	PJH123

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Coesyra sp

8 comments

donhe wrote:

11 Aug 2023

I cannot see any Coesyra sp on BOLD looking like this.

ibaird wrote:

11 Aug 2023

Does look quite similar to this reord on the ALA from Brisbane:
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/f1b3d728-d8f9-4560-a6fb-8942cc14ad48

PJH123 wrote:

12 Aug 2023

If you have Vol 5 of the Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, Oecophorine Genera of Australia II, check out page 108 which has an image of Coesyra cyclotoma. This is why I think this image and others I have posted might be this species. I have found no on line images.

ibaird wrote:

12 Aug 2023

Sadly, I have Ian common's Vol 3 (Wingia Group) but not Vol. 5. Glenn Cocking may be able to help.

donhe wrote:

13 Aug 2023

I do not see any upturned labial palps.

PJH123 wrote:

13 Aug 2023

Don, I think it is just a poor image with a very blured head. I think it is the same as sightings 4502225 and (4501125 which I am sure is not Merocroca automima)

GlennCocking wrote:

20 Aug 2023

I don't think it is likely to be a Coesyra, and definitely not C. cyclotoma. The nature of the apical/subapical dark markings is quite different. The specimen that Ian points to on ALA is much closer than this one to ANIC specimens of C. cyclotoma. I suspect there are closely appressed labial palpi visible in the photo and that it is an oecophorid. There are of course many Australin moths that are yellow with apical/subapical dark markings, particularly many Oecophoridae. Pages 28-29 of Moths in the AT illustrtes the issue,

ibaird wrote:

21 Aug 2023

Glenn's comments about the apical markings suggest to me that 4502225 and 4501125 are differenct species compared to this specimen.

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Location information

Places Sheldon, QLD

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
10 Jun 2007 12:28 AM Recorded on
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Sheldon

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12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Oecophoridae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1345.8m Recorded at altitude
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