Lactura parallela

A Lacturid Group moth (Lacturidae at Syndicate, QLD

Lactura parallela at Syndicate, QLD - 26 Sep 2022 10:37 AM
Lactura parallela at Syndicate, QLD - 26 Sep 2022 10:37 AM
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Lactura parallela 31 Jan 2026 WendyEM
Lactura parallela 31 Jan 2026 ibaird
Lactura parallela (Meyrick, 1889) 31 Jan 2026 JasonPStewart

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Wonderful two moths mating – _Lactura parallela_ (Meyrick, 1889) ? – to confirm or reject this tentative ID – please assist? Reference: Au Faunal Directory page: https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lactura_parallela Cf. _Lactura erythractis_ ? https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lactura_erythractis . Wonderful and amazingly brightly coloured orange and yellowish–orange mating two healthy small moths. Mossman Gorge, Rex Creek upper bank, adjacent to the upper section of the long circuit track, after walking off this track a few metres towards the rock steps side track which goes down to Rex Creek . 2022 Sept. 26th 10:37–10:38 am . Also refer to: https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lact/parallela.html .

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   31 Jan 2026
I definitely agree your mating moths are Lactura (genus) of which there at least 25 named species. However there are several species which look similar to L. parallela. I'm not 100% sure this mating pair is L. paralla[a which seems to be strongly marked with parallel darker lines on the forewing.
ibaird wrote:
   31 Jan 2026
For some reason the system does not let me create the taxio ('Latura (genus)' which I have now tried to do twice,
JasonPStewart wrote:
   31 Jan 2026
@ibaird thank you .
@WendyEM thank you .

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