Sighting 4676831
Macrobathra (genus)
A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae at Weerriba, QLD
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| Macrobathra (genus) | WendyEM | 18 Jun 2025 | |
| Macrobathra (genus) | ibaird | 18 Jun 2025 | |
| Cosmopterigidae (family) | donhe | 18 Jun 2025 | |
| Macrobathra baliomitra | donhe | 18 Jun 2025 | |
| Tetraconta clepsimorpha | WendyEM | 17 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | PJH123 | 16 Jun 2025 |
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Tetraconta clepsimorpha Turner, 1932
9 comments
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
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
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?
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366668
I wonder what David (iNat) is basing the ID on?
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
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICW1063-11
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
17 Jun 2025
The features I see are similar to several different but similarc Macrobathra (genera) species,
18 Jun 2025
Macrobathra baliomitra seems to have the same superficial B/W pattern as Tetraconta clepsimorpha.
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.)
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
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
Location information
- Coordinates 150.671342-22.836292
- Places Weerriba, QLD
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2008 10:34 PM Recorded on
- PJH123 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- PJH123 NatureMapr Macrobathra (genus) Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Macrobathra (genus) Scientific name
- A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1422.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location