Psaroxantha (genus)
A Concealer moth (Wingia Group) at Sheldon, QLD
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| Psaroxantha (genus) | ibaird | 16 Sep 2023 | |
| Psaroxantha (genus) | donhe | 16 Sep 2023 | |
| Psaroxantha calligenes | ibaird | 15 Sep 2023 | |
| Unverified | PJH123 | 15 Sep 2023 |
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Psaroxantha sp
7 comments
16 Sep 2023
Ian, this specimen has an extra bar closer to the base than any on Psaroxantha calligens
16 Sep 2023
As I see it so do D Holberns specimens on Lepidoptera Butterfly House and the ALA.
16 Sep 2023
Ian, Ido not see it. Counting the collar and outer margin, calligenes has 4 bands, my specimen has 5. The only species with the same number of bands as mine is polyzona but it is not quite the same arrangement
16 Sep 2023
I'm sorry, but I see 5 bands on Don Hobern'.s example on LBH (but the set specimen photographed on LBH only has 4) and this one too! And all 4 of Don Hobern's examples on the ALA I think show 5 bands (although the second one after the collar is vestigeal in all the examples).
It so happens I have a copy oF Common's Oecophorine Genera of Australia. I. The Wingia group (on loan from G, Cocking). This includes Common's description of Psaroxantha within which he includes. P. calligenes. However he only illustrates two of the nine species he lists: P. basilica and P. polyzona. The P.polyzona figure shows a forewing pattern similar to Hobern's P. calligenes and PJH's specimen here. Common's general description of the wing pattern for the genus allows for 'óchreous yeloow or light yellow' with '2 or 3 narrow irregular transverse or oblique fasciiae, formed by dark fuscous or rediish fuscous irrorstion'. So without reference to the original type description by Meyrick it seems wing pattern may not really be sufficiently diagnostic to distinguish P. polyzona from P. calligenes. Common's notes say P; calligenes is the only Psoraxantha species to be recorded in Tasmania; and that P. calligenes caterpillars were observed feeding on lichen on wooden fences in Sydney in August and September by Meyrick (1887),
So in conclusion I'm happy to go slong with Psaroxantha'(genus) if thats the consensus
It so happens I have a copy oF Common's Oecophorine Genera of Australia. I. The Wingia group (on loan from G, Cocking). This includes Common's description of Psaroxantha within which he includes. P. calligenes. However he only illustrates two of the nine species he lists: P. basilica and P. polyzona. The P.polyzona figure shows a forewing pattern similar to Hobern's P. calligenes and PJH's specimen here. Common's general description of the wing pattern for the genus allows for 'óchreous yeloow or light yellow' with '2 or 3 narrow irregular transverse or oblique fasciiae, formed by dark fuscous or rediish fuscous irrorstion'. So without reference to the original type description by Meyrick it seems wing pattern may not really be sufficiently diagnostic to distinguish P. polyzona from P. calligenes. Common's notes say P; calligenes is the only Psoraxantha species to be recorded in Tasmania; and that P. calligenes caterpillars were observed feeding on lichen on wooden fences in Sydney in August and September by Meyrick (1887),
So in conclusion I'm happy to go slong with Psaroxantha'(genus) if thats the consensus
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 Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) PJH123 NatureMapr Psaroxantha (genus)
Species information
- Psaroxantha (genus) Scientific name
- A Concealer moth (Wingia Group) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
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