Streaked Concealer Moth
Antennae & Legs
Crawling Concealer Moth
Dorsal
| Streaked Concealer Moth Antennae & Legs | | Crawling Concealer Moth Dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Streaked Concealer Moth (Phloeograptis obliquata) | ||||
| This Photo: | Ventral | ||||
Thank you Thomas Mesaglio for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~8mm long and ~18mm wingspan. Black streaked on beige/grey background. The underside of the palps are black. While we often find Victorian & WA species not recorded on Atlas in SA before it's very unusual & surprising to find a predominantly a Qld species here. We have found a Qld fly, due to human factors; so wonder if similar factors have bought this species down to SA. Or if it's just rare here? It does seem pretty rare any way with only 12 sightings on Atlas. | |||||
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