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.
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
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