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Field Notes

Description:

Pale, warm grey moth, slender of body. Brown markings on distinct, narrow, highly fringed, featherlike wings, held perpendicular to the body at rest on flat surfaces. Wingspan approx 25mm or less. Spines on pale, spindly legs.

Habitat:

Urban window at night.

Reference Links:

Australian Moths Online

Species ID Suggestions

Horehound plume moth

Wheeleria spilodactylus

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Comments (1)
slugu
plume moth of some sort, though 25mm is big

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PublishedMarch 9, 2016

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