Wirling-marked Concealer Moth: Dorsal

Wirling-marked Concealer Moth (Oenochroa dinosema)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Wirling-marked Concealer Moth (Oenochroa dinosema)

This Photo:

🔍Dorsal🔎

Thank you Dr Peter McQuillan for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Peter said "The small posterior crest on the thorax is a feature of Oenochroa and nicely shown in your photo. Specimens of dinosema from the Mt Lofty Ranges typically have more orange-brown scales on the forewing but I can see a smattering of them in this specimen."

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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