Philobota (genus)
Unidentified Philobota genus moths at Murga, NSW
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| Philobota (genus) | ibaird | 20 Sep 2025 | |
| Philobota (genus) | WendyEM | 20 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | Paul4K | 20 Sep 2025 |
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3 comments
20 Sep 2025
While similarly shaped and stance to many pyralids if you look in front of the moths face you will see a sickle shaped object (there should be 2 but one is missing/broken) this is called 'palps'. Pyralids tend to have straight facing maybe fluffy palps. Moths in the Gelechioidae have a pair of curved/sickle shaped palps of various lengths.
Location information
- Places Murga, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Paul4K NatureMapr Central West NSW Philobota (genus) Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Philobota (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Philobota genus moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 686.2m Recorded at altitude
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