Spotted Wide-winged Plume Moth: S1, Female, dorsal

Spotted Wide-winged Plume Moth (Platyptilia celidotus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Plume Moth (Pterophorioidea:Pterophoridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Spotted Wide-winged Plume Moth (Platyptilia celidotus)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† & (BaronSamedi) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
There were 2 specimens on the night that came to a night light.
Based on body shape we assume the 1st is a female, and the 2nd specimen a male.
While the antennae look the same, the male has less dark banding and much longer wing hair like scales.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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