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Wingia hesperidella

Wingia hesperidella

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 18mm long; mango and paw paw colours.

Habitat:

BBQ area wall in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

superfamily: GELECHIOIDEA
family: OECOPHORIDAE
subfamily: OECOPHORINAE
supertribe: Wingia group
tribe: Wingia Subgroup 9
genus: Wingia

This attractive little moth is a litter specialist and possibly a scat specialist? Discussion here
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69519&sid=0ed35b4…

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