Brown House Moth: Ventral, wingspan ~20mm

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)

This Photo:

Ventral, wingspan ~20mm

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

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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