This #PlumeMoth species was previously last recorded in the ACT (as far as I know) back in 1950. I'd been thinking of planning visits to #Namadgi to look for it next summer, but I just found one in #NatureMapr identified (then) as Platyptilia celidotus. I added the identification and it's been accepted by others, so this record can now flow correctly into the #AtlasOfLivingAustralia and then @gbif

Stenoptilia leuconephes

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4535301

#Lepidoptera #Pterophoridae #entomology

I just saw this record in #iNaturalist:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200710267

It's the first in iNat for the plume #moth species Deuterocopus honoratus. Neither the #AtlasOfLivingAustralia nor @gbif currently has any records for the species. It may well be that this is the first record of the species since the type specimen was collected around Brisbane in March 1897. That specimen is in the Natural History Museum in London and clearly not one of those they have so far databased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuterocopus_honoratus

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9808840

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1b05e2a2-25fa-46bd-9b6f-ea18413b0cf3#overview

https://www.gbif.org/species/1858944

#Lepidoptera #Pterophoridae #PlumeMoth #entomology

I only use the front-facing camera on my phone for video-conferences. I never take selfies - who needs to see that ...

But this #Colombian #PlumeMoth (no species identification yet, but I did get some real photos of it) came indoors with me after I checked my #moth light last night.

I currently maintain the global species list for this family of moths:

https://pterophoroidea.hobern.net/catalogue.php

#Lepidoptera #entomology

Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World updated.

New #PlumeMoth species from #SouthAfrica, Agistis zagulajevi:

https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873824040080

Changes to synonymy and new distribution records from #Georgia:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14720696

This feeds into #CatalogueOfLife and @gbif.

Latest version available on #ChecklistBank:

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1199/about

#Lepidoptera #Pterophoridae #taxonomy #entomology #NewSpecies #BiodiversityInformatics @dhobern