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Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
Sighting 4676831

Macrobathra (genus)

A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae at Weerriba, QLD

Macrobathra (genus) at Weerriba, QLD - 18 Oct 2008 10:34 PM
Macrobathra (genus) at Weerriba, QLD - 18 Oct 2008 10:34 PM
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Macrobathra (genus) 18 Jun 2025 WendyEM
Macrobathra (genus) 18 Jun 2025 ibaird
Cosmopterigidae (family) 18 Jun 2025 donhe
Macrobathra baliomitra 18 Jun 2025 donhe
Tetraconta clepsimorpha 17 Jun 2025 WendyEM
Unverified 16 Jun 2025 PJH123

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Tetraconta clepsimorpha Turner, 1932

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WendyEM wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
Tetraconta clepsimorpha
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICW1063-11
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/972914-Tetraconta-clepsimorpha
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fb57377d-2951-41fa-b2c7-eb71ae20e58a#names
ibaird wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
Macrobathra philopsamma?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203873311
WendyEM wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
the Bold Macrobathra philopsamma moths don't look like this 'though
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366668
I wonder what David (iNat) is basing the ID on?
ibaird wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
Fair point, but I'm not sure this sighting matches the Bold (Hobern) image either.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICW1063-11
WendyEM wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
lots of features match. Above moth is damaged from about 1/2 way down the wing and is chomped at the termen end
ibaird wrote:
   17 Jun 2025
The features I see are similar to several different but similarc Macrobathra (genera) species,
donhe wrote:
   18 Jun 2025
Macrobathra baliomitra seems to have the same superficial B/W pattern as Tetraconta clepsimorpha.
WendyEM wrote:
   18 Jun 2025
What is the problem with it being Tetraconta clepsimorpha ?? rather than a Macrobathra ? Yes there a LOTS of them but there are many other Cosmops too. The pattern is similar to M. melanomitra (w S.A.) I can't find M. baliomitra on BOLD or CSIRO Moths on Line - I don't think above fits well with the live images on ALA (where the white markings are joined along the inner margin). Maybe M. euryleuca but on BOLD (Hobern) the 2nd white band below head is consistently broader than above. M. pompholyctis ?? (W.A.)
ibaird wrote:
   18 Jun 2025
Simillar, I think, to Sighting No. 4628978 which has been identified as 'Macrobathra (genus)'.
The two sightings identified as T. clepsimorpha on iNaturalist are somewhat dissimilar to my eye, see here:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/972914-Tetraconta-clepsimorpha
The white band at the base on Bold (Hobern), see below, seems much reduced to my eye compared with both this specimen and T. clepsimorpha on iNaturalist. Also the Bold(Hobern) specimen shows an extra white spot at the forewing tip.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366660

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