Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species

a cosmet moth at Sheldon, QLD

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Identification history

Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species	9 Jan 2025	ibaird
Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species	8 Jan 2025	kasiaaus
Oecophoridae (family)	28 Jul 2024	ibaird
Oecophoridae (family)	27 Jul 2024	donhe
Unverified	27 Jul 2024	PJH123

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in BOLD as Lepidoptera sp. 495 https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=LNSWF314-06#

4 comments

donhe wrote:

9 Jan 2025

That link produces a message from BOLD of "Page Not Found" .

PJH123 wrote:

9 Jan 2025

Yes Don, I can no longer find it on bold. They have done updates and a lot of my old references no longer work

donhe wrote:

9 Jan 2025

I do not see any obvious upturned labial palps,
maybe a scaly porrect scape with a thin invisible flagellum (like Thema),
maybe a pair of porrect very scaly palps (like Arcola),
or maybe a scaly head if the 'face' is tucked under (like Edosa).

PJH123 wrote:

9 Jan 2025

Don, I have enhanced the head in which you can see the yellow palps through the white fluffy hairs of the head. It also appears on Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species as Cosmopterigidae.

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Location information

Places Sheldon, QLD

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
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Sheldon PJH123 NatureMapr Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Cosmopterigidae (family) undescribed species Scientific name
a cosmet moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 632.3m Recorded at altitude

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