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Thema Moth - male
Thema psammoxantha
-37.8976, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
A small ( about 10 mm long) but attractive moth with pale yellow wings and a broad dark brown marking covering part of the thorax and extending down the inner margins of the fore wings. This moth also had a short brown streak extending down from the tornus suggesting that it was male. <br>
Antennae were thin and swept back. labial palps were brushy, yellow and bare recurved tips.
Habitat:
Spotted resting on a leaf of an Agapanthus plant - local garden.
Notes:
Caterpillars of this moth are said to feed on dead leaves among leaf litter. <br>
The females are said to have a broader brown streak from the tornus to wing base as seen in link below. <br>
Female: <br>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thema_psammoxantha_(3128572375)… <br>
Another male: <br>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thema_psammoxantha.jpg <br>
Family Oecophoridae <br>
Subfamily Oecophorinae
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