Oecophoridae (family)

Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth at Sheldon, QLD

Oecophoridae (family) at Sheldon, QLD - 8 Mar 2024
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Identification history

Oecophoridae (family) 5 Sep 2024 ibaird
Edosa xystidophora 29 Aug 2024 donhe
Plectobela (genus) 27 Aug 2024 donhe
Unidentified 25 Aug 2024 PJH123

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Oecophoridae

6 comments

PJH123 wrote:
   27 Aug 2024
Not convinced it is Plectobela
donhe wrote:
   27 Aug 2024
Ok, your turn
PJH123 wrote:
   28 Aug 2024
Nothing I could find may not be Oecophoridae
PJH123 wrote:
   29 Aug 2024
Don, though a similar head to Tineidae, the palps preclude it from Tineidae, it must belong to the superfamily Gelechioidea
donhe wrote:
   29 Aug 2024
Yes couldn't see them till I turned my phone sideways.
ibaird wrote:
   1 Sep 2024
I'm not sure this Edosa xystidophora which seems to have a more stright margin between the blocks of yellow and black colour oin the forewung.

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