Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
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DianneClarke
wrote:
1 Jan 2026
It doesn't look like Scoliocheta ergatis I have seen where the brown line goes across the eye and slopes backwards rather than a ring right aroundand there is usally a little blotching and a couple of dark dots on the wing. https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/bare/ergatis.html Not recorded this far south in any iNat observations.
Oecophoridae (family)
WendyEM
wrote:
1 Jan 2026
I am not convinced with Isomoralla gephyrota ID. On BOLD (incl. spelling mistake) and iNat 'Research Grade" the whitte patch on the head does not extend as far down the thorax as in above. iNat has quite a few unverified examples of this. I think it is another genus/species which I am yet to find.
Isomoralla gephyrota
ibaird
wrote:
31 Dec 2025
Looks plausible. Well spotted WendyEM.
If the identification is correct records of this species on iNaturalist and the Atlas of Living Australia are predominantly from northeastern NSW, so this record may be a significant extension of known range to the south to the ACT.
A first record of this species on natureMapre and for Canberra and the Southern Tablelands. Excellent photos.
If the identification is correct records of this species on iNaturalist and the Atlas of Living Australia are predominantly from northeastern NSW, so this record may be a significant extension of known range to the south to the ACT.
A first record of this species on natureMapre and for Canberra and the Southern Tablelands. Excellent photos.
Oecophoridae (family)
WendyEM
wrote:
31 Dec 2025
Scoliocheta ergatis ?
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=555436
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=355386
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=555436
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=355386
Oecophoridae (family)
Significant sightings
- Baiocystis chrysoides at Barren Grounds, NSW
- Prepalla neurotenes
- Sclerocris chalcoxantha at Tharwa, ACT
- Tachystola sidonia
- Chezala conjunctella at Mongarlowe, NSW
- Philobota pedetis at Wanniassa, ACT
- Ocystola crystallina at Aranda, ACT
- Diaphanta chryseres at Sheldon, QLD
- Olbonoma triptycha at Bolivia, NSW
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