Xerodes Plume Moth
S6, Wing Shape & Pattern
Ellura
Dowdy Plume Moth
S1, profile
 
                      
Dowdy Plume Moth (Stenoptilia zophodactylus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Plume Moth (:Pterophorioidea Pterophoridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Dowdy Plume Moth (Stenoptilia zophodactylus)
This Photo:     🔍S1, dorsal🔎

Thank you Greg Bellion for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~23mm wingspan & ~8mm long.
There doesn't seem to be a way to visually separate the genders.

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Feb-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.