Edosa (genus)

A Tineid moth (Perissomasticinae at Morton Plains, VIC

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Identification history

Edosa (genus)	28 Sep 2025	donhe
Edosa (genus)	28 Sep 2025	ibaird
Edosa purella	28 Sep 2025	donhe
Edosa talantias	27 Sep 2025	WendyEM

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3 comments

donhe wrote:

28 Sep 2025

E. talantias appears to be a northern species.

WendyEM wrote:

28 Sep 2025

Edosa purella is also a far northern species and only has a very narrow yellow stripe on the wings.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=96282
E. talantias is more south than it according to BOLD (Hobern)
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=326713
iNat only has E. talantias for southern 1/2 of Australia
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1266344-Edosa-talantias#map-tab

ibaird wrote:

28 Sep 2025

On the ALA the distribution of E talantias is SE inland NSW with one record on the NSW north coast.
This record is from Victoria. I would have thought E. tyrannica would also be a candidate,

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Location information

Coordinates 142.827642 -36.091570
Places Morton Plains, VIC

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
27 Jan 2015 01:09 AM Recorded on
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Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Edosa (genus) Scientific name
A Tineid moth (Perissomasticinae Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 772m Recorded at altitude

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