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Hoplomorpha abalienella

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# Hoplomorpha abalienella march 14 moth. The reference for this species is; page 75 'A guide to Australian Moths' Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards According to them "found in Eucalyptus forests from the Atherton Tablelands to eastern Victoria. No references found via Google searches. So far the closest thing at Butterfly House is of the same genus http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/oeco/camelaea.html

Reference Links:

Hoplomorpha abalienella | Atlas of Living Australia

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Comments (7)
StephenSolomons
Thanks Mark, nice research. I wonder why my searches came up so empty last night? I chose the species from a photograph in the book mentioned and it only has a scattering of images and no alternatives. When I ran the name it literally came back as no hits. Maybe I misspelled it?
Mark Ridgway
I like this link http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c9cc23c6-9b12-4871-859b-919d90d32414
Mark Ridgway
Plenty on CSIRO. It seems your alternatives were H teratopa, H notatana. I think you chose the right one. http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Oecophoridae/Oecophorinae/Hoplomorphanotatana/hoplomorpha_notatana_01.jpg.html http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Oecophoridae/Oecophorinae/Hoplomorphateratopa/hoplomorpha_teratopa_01.jpg.html http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Oecophoridae/Oecophorinae/Hoplomorphaabalienella/hoplomorpha_abalienella_01.jpg.html
StephenSolomons
Thanks Maria dB. It is an unusual one. The lack of references was a surprise too

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