Fascinating paper in Zootaxa yesterday describing a new genus in the #Gelechiidae (#Lepidoptera) from #Sabah, East #Malaysia.

Ponomarenko & Omelko 2024, "A new genus and two new species of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from the East Malaysia with unusual male secondary characters"

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5447.4.8

The male #moths have very unusual wing-like projections and hair-pencils (presumably to disperse pheromones) on the mesoscutum.

#taxonomy #entomology #biodiversity

Four more common/representative seasonal #moths from the last two nights here in #Canberra, #Australia

The wonderfully triangular moth is an emerald moth, #Geometrinae: Austroterpna paratorna

The very bright yellow/orange moth photographed side-on is #Gelechiidae:
Ardozyga thermochroa

The small yellow and chestnut arrow-shaped moth is #Lecithoceridae: Crocanthes prasinopis

And the moth with legs splayed out sideways is the very common #Stathmopodidae: Stathmopoda melanochra

#entomology