Dowdy Plume Moth
S1, Abdomen		Ellura
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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, anterior🔎
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 © 2023-2026 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.