Ellura's Ground Moth
Ventral
Streaked Concealer Moth
Dorsal
| Ellura's Ground Moth Ventral | | Streaked Concealer Moth Dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Small Concealer Moth (Philobota sp ES05) | ||||
| This Photo: | Profile | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying and Dr Bevan Buirchell for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Philobota ancylotoxa looks very similar but has a wingspan of about 25mm. These look quite dull, without any glossy/satiny sheen. Given the flyscreen is ~1.25mm, this is much closer to 15mm wingspan. We thought this was Isomoralla curriculata (which is very variable), but after much discussion we decided Axel was correct; primarily because pinned examples of Isomoralla curriculata don't have the dark costal band. We photographed 5 specimens in Aug, Sept & Nov. Similar Species: Purple-sheen Concealer Moth (Philobota ancylotoxa) | |||||
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