Philobota protecta
A concealer moth at Tathra, NSW
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| Philobota protecta | ibaird | 24 Apr 2025 | |
| Philobota (genus) | donhe | 24 Apr 2025 | |
| Philobota (genus) | ibaird | 23 Apr 2025 | |
| Philobota protecta | WendyEM | 10 Apr 2025 | |
| Telocharacta hemicroca | KerryVance2 | 8 Apr 2022 |
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5 comments
23 Apr 2025
P. protecta is golden yellow incl. palps, head and 'neck', small dark marks on 'shoulders' , dark band along costa 2/3 of length to apex, narrow line diagonally into the wing from near apex, this can vary in intensity and may be broken
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=408813
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=785542&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=408813
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=785542&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744
24 Apr 2025
P. hypocausta description much the same, so short of doing DNA or genitalia dissection, we cannot tell which this is.
24 Apr 2025
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.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.984023-36.731836
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2016 12:33 AM Recorded on
- KerryVance2 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- KerryVance2 NatureMapr South Coast Philobota protecta Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota protecta Scientific name
- A concealer moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 752.5m Recorded at altitude
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