A Concealer moth (Eulechria group at Sheldon, QLD
Identification history
| Eulechria acrotropa | 19 Jan 2026 | ibaird | ||
| Eulechria acrotropa | 19 Jan 2026 | WendyEM | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 21 Aug 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Oecophoridae (family) | 21 Aug 2023 | donhe | ||
| Edosa fraudulens | 13 Aug 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 11 Aug 2023 | PJH123 |
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Coesyra sp
9 comments
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
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.
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.
WendyEM
wrote:
19 Jan 2026
Eulechria acrotropa
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=1548702
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=414791
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=1548702
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=414791
Location information
- Places Sheldon, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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Sheldon PJH123 NatureMapr Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Eulechria acrotropa
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Eulechria acrotropa Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Eulechria group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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