Post #2514667

Today I found six observations in #iNaturalist that include what may well be the only photos ever taken of live many-plume #moths in the genus #Triscaedecia. This is a rarely recorded genus for which I accidentally became co-author on a 2019 global revision: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332013222 There are six named species, four first described in the 2019 paper. The new records include the second known individual of Triscaedecia svetlanae, extending its range from mainland #Malaysia to #Sabah in #Borneo, and the first (five) records of the genus from #Australia (far north #Queensland). The latter are probably Triscaedecia septemdactyla, a species previously recorded from New Guinea and the Bismarck Islands. I need to check the national #insect #collection here in #Canberra to see if there are any existing specimens in the unsorted material. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=781080 #Lepidoptera #Alucitidae #entomology #biodiversity