Eulechria acrotropa
A Concealer moth (Eulechria group at Sheldon, QLD
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| Eulechria acrotropa | ibaird | 19 Jan 2026 | |
| Eulechria acrotropa | WendyEM | 19 Jan 2026 | |
| Edosa fraudulens | donhe | 13 Aug 2023 | |
| Unverified | PJH123 | 11 Aug 2023 |
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Coesyra sp
9 comments
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
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.
12 Aug 2023
Sadly, I have Ian common's Vol 3 (Wingia Group) but not Vol. 5. Glenn Cocking may be able to help.
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)
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,
21 Aug 2023
Glenn's comments about the apical markings suggest to me that 4502225 and 4501125 are differenct species compared to this specimen.
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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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Sheldon PJH123 NatureMapr Eulechria acrotropa Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Eulechria acrotropa Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Eulechria group Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 682m Recorded at altitude
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