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Zonopetala decisana

Zonopetala decisana

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 18mm long.

Habitat:

Attracted to lights at night in camping ground.

Notes:

Thanks Jakubko for ID. Zonopetala decisana (Walker, 1863) - another banded concealer moth. Very similar but different patterns to several others seen lately.

Reference Links:

Zonopetala decisana - Overview, Zonopetala decisana, Zonopetala decisana

Species ID Suggestions

Concealer Moth

Zonopetala decisana

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (9)
StephenSolomons
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19237327 I think mine might be incorrect
Jacob Gorneau
Thinking about it more, Zonopetala decisana seems to have that brownish marking on the band right above the hook if the hook is present or not...
Jacob Gorneau
Yes, EOL does look even more off. :-( The first photo in BOLD looks much like it, and it is a pinned specimen which usually means it is genetically tested. You could just keep it at Zonopetala sp., until we can get another opinion.
Jacob Gorneau
It appears highly variable: http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=192509 I'm not sure I would trust Wiki, but now I'm not too sure.
Mark Ridgway
..and the EOL one is even worse!!!... sometimes I think someone's playing games... thanks again.
Jacob Gorneau
You are welcome, Argy! Don't worry about how long it takes, I'm on the weekend... ;-) This one wasn't too long, one of the easier Oecophoridae. :-)
Mark Ridgway
Hey J... the wiki version doesn't seem to have the hook !!
Mark Ridgway
Wow I think you've got it J... I really hope you didn't spend heaps of time. These can be so hard :-) Thanks.
Jacob Gorneau
Awesome! This was the only species I could find with the hook-like marking on the black marking.

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2013

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