![]() | Streaked Concealer Moth Antennae & Legs | Crawling Concealer Moth Dorsal | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
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 (TheBeachConber) 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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