A Pyralid moth (Phyccitinae) at suppressed
Identification history
| Unplaced eucometis | 12 Oct 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unplaced eucometis | 12 Oct 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 11 Oct 2023 | PJH123 |
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Unplaced eucometis (Meyrick, 1882)
4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
11 Oct 2023
iNaturalist seems to call this species Pempelia eucometis. AFD recognises unplaced eucometis formerly Salebria eucometis. LBH lists S. eucometis. Have you a link to an image naming this as unplaced eucometis?
PJH123
wrote:
12 Oct 2023
I just followed AFD. Not sure, Funet has it as Pempelia eucometis while GlowBiz has it as Vinicia eucometis, which is where Ragonot placed it in 1893. I note GlowBiz has the text in red which probably means thay are not sure. I found no paper or reference to it being placed in Pempelia, at worst a bit of taxonomy on the fly by BOLD
donhe
wrote:
12 Oct 2023
There seems a lot of discussion about this species, like
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184330539
Pempelia or Emmalocera species?
This could be an Unamed species in an Unplaced genus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184330539
Pempelia or Emmalocera species?
This could be an Unamed species in an Unplaced genus.
PJH123
wrote:
12 Oct 2023
I do not believe it is in Emmalocera after checking the images and descriptions of non images species. While the vast majority have a white/whitish streak, it is either costal or subcostal; none as far down as this one. Meyrick describes eucometis as, "Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arid evenly arched, apex obtuse,
hindmargin straight, moderately oblique ; light ochreous, rather
thickly but irregularly irrorated with light reddish-fuscous scales,
especially immediately beneath the median streak and along
hindmargin ; costal edge suffusedly dark fuscous ; a straight
longitudinal ochreous-white streak a little above middle from
base to hindmargin beneath apex, tolerably broad in middle,
attenuated to both extremities, lower margin tolerably well defined,
upper margin very suffused and indistinct"
Which seems to fit this specimen the problem is the genus. At this stage I would stick with the AFD, unplaced
hindmargin straight, moderately oblique ; light ochreous, rather
thickly but irregularly irrorated with light reddish-fuscous scales,
especially immediately beneath the median streak and along
hindmargin ; costal edge suffusedly dark fuscous ; a straight
longitudinal ochreous-white streak a little above middle from
base to hindmargin beneath apex, tolerably broad in middle,
attenuated to both extremities, lower margin tolerably well defined,
upper margin very suffused and indistinct"
Which seems to fit this specimen the problem is the genus. At this stage I would stick with the AFD, unplaced
Sighting information
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Unplaced eucometis Scientific name
- A Pyralid moth (Phyccitinae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
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