5 Vincentia, NSW
Identification history
| Lomera (genus) | 11 Jan 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Lomera (genus) | 31 Dec 2023 | RobG1 |
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User's notes
Continued from sighting: https://southcoast-nsw.naturemapr.org/sightings/4539901. This moth emerged on the 29/12/2023. There appear to be two other case moths that have attached themselves to the lid. The moth has emerged from a different case within the container, but has settled on one of the case moths on the lid.
4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
8 Jan 2024
Its interestng that the photo shows clearlyya very dark and almost black forewing colour, but with clear or white wing tips. This corresponds with the photo for Lomera zophopepla wich appears on Lepidoptera Butterfly House, see http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/zophopepla.html however, the distribution of that species is given as Queensland only which iks borne out by other records of the species which can be seen online. Otherwise a black wing colour would suggestLomera xanthochrysa, but I'm not sure your photos of the case would correspond to those for L. xanthochrysa shown on Lepidoptera Butterfly House. Perhaps though, the white wings tips are temporary features ubtil the moth's wing harden after emergence.
donhe
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
@RobG1 : have you got, or can you take another photo, and add it to this sighting, showing the adbomen more clearly. It's colour is another diagnostic for determining it's species.
donhe
wrote:
11 Jan 2024
I think that the black antennae appear to rule out L. zophopepla and the case adornment style appears to rule out L. xanthochrysa. I think it is probably one of the other 17+ Australian Lomera species
RobG1
wrote:
14 Jan 2024
@donhe: I have included more photos of the abdomen on sighting Lomera (genus) (They are not great though).
Location information
- Coordinates 150.687619-35.081308
- Places Vincentia, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2023 10:58 AM Recorded on
- RobG1 Recorded by
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Featured Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Case moths (Psychidae) RobG1 South Coast NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lomera (genus) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1148.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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