Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
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ibaird
wrote:
7 hrs ago
Perhaps Labdia sp.ANIC5 (there are many images), but I don't see the apparently characteristic downward curve in the white line along the costa that many of those speciimens seem to have.
Elachista flammula
WendyEM
wrote:
30 Jan 2026
Maybe it is Labdia sp. ANIC5 ?
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372815
Labdia argophracta, I realise now, has a longer white stripe along the inner margin.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
Sorry about delay with this. I wrote it before your comments but my internet went off-line due to heat, until late tonight.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372815
Labdia argophracta, I realise now, has a longer white stripe along the inner margin.
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
Sorry about delay with this. I wrote it before your comments but my internet went off-line due to heat, until late tonight.
Elachista flammula
ibaird
wrote:
30 Jan 2026
I see the first image showing the specimen side-on matching other side-on shots of E. flammua on iNaturalist, but not of L. argophracta. I do not think the examples on Bold Hobern are a close match to this specimen
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
I can see though that Labdia oxysema may be a likely candidate
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8fb405d8-b7bb-41be-9f77-c921fcdbd0b3#gallery
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=372900
I can see though that Labdia oxysema may be a likely candidate
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8fb405d8-b7bb-41be-9f77-c921fcdbd0b3#gallery
Elachista flammula
WendyEM
wrote:
30 Jan 2026
@Lkaila could it be Labdia argophracta ? I think I have also recorded it in central Victoria
Elachista flammula
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