Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)

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ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

On BOLD4 the A. tepida speciemens are all black lacking the forewing markings and the different thorax seen here.

Artiastis (genus)

donhe wrote:

23 hrs ago

Thanks, I misread the thorax bit.

Philobota protecta

donhe wrote:

23 hrs ago

Artiastis tepida /

Artiastis (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

P. hypocausta - the BOLD (hobern) and 'Research Grade' specimens on iNat have a dark thorax. In the discussion on one of these iNat specimens ( https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/140047502 ) Peter McQuillan says " A good match for Meyrick's original description. The type locality is Adelaide. The images for hypocausta in the Atlas of Living Australia are not this species. https://archive.org/details/proceedingsoflin0108linn/page/481/mode/1up?view=theater&q=hypocausta"
This description says " Thorax deep yellow, (my caps) ANTERIOR HALF, OR SOMETIMES WHOLLY, SUFFUSED WITH DARK FUSCOUS." (my caps)
Sadly P. protecta is not described in this archive document.

Philobota protecta

donhe wrote:

Yesterday

P. hypocausta description much the same, so short of doing DNA or genitalia dissection, we cannot tell which this is.

Philobota protecta